Sensitivity of the Latitude of the Westerly Jet Stream to Climate Forcing

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Title: Sensitivity of the Latitude of the Westerly Jet Stream to Climate Forcing

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^[1]; Zhang, Pengfei ^[1];

^[2]

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic SciencesUniversity of California Los Angeles CA USA
Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change DivisionPacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland WA USA

Publication Date:: 2020-02-13

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1599466

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Geophysical Research Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Volume: 47 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Chen, Gang, Zhang, Pengfei, and Lu, Jian. Sensitivity of the Latitude of the Westerly Jet Stream to Climate Forcing.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Chen, Gang, Zhang, Pengfei, & Lu, Jian. Sensitivity of the Latitude of the Westerly Jet Stream to Climate Forcing.  United States.  doi:10.1029/2019GL086563.

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  title        = {Sensitivity of the Latitude of the Westerly Jet Stream to Climate Forcing},

  author       = {Chen, Gang and Zhang, Pengfei and Lu, Jian},

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  doi          = {10.1029/2019GL086563},

  journal      = {Geophysical Research Letters},

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  volume       = 47,

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