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Download Solution PDFWhich one of the following statements with regard to Jet stream, an upper level troposphere wave, is not correct?
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CDS GK Previous Paper 3 (Held On: 5 Feb 2017)
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Option 4 : In summer, the polar front jet achieves its maximum force.
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Download Solution PDF- Jet streams are narrow bands of strong wind in the upper levels of the atmosphere, more particularly, troposphere.
- It follows the wave path near the tropopause at an elevation of 8 km to 15 km.
- They are generally continuous over a long distance and can be thousands of miles long also.
- The polar-front jets are best developed in winter and early spring.
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