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Alternate Text: Visualization of the strength of the winds between the surface and upper atmosphere in the Pacific and Atlantic
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Visualization of the strength of the winds between the surface and upper atmosphere in the Pacific and Atlantic

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The jet streams or average zonal wind (in meters per second) over a cross-section of the Pacific Ocean (left panel) and Atlantic Ocean (right panel). The x-axis shows the latitude in the Northern Hemisphere with the equator on the left and North Pole on the right. The y-axis is the pressure level oriented with the surface on the bottom and the top indicating the top of the atmosphere. Data is based on ERA5 using a 1979-2019 climatology. Image courtesy of Tim Woollings and modified by Climate.gov.