jet stream

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The Rossby waves set up wiggles in the jet stream, wiggles which, left to themselves, would move westward.
羅斯貝波在急流中形成快速振蕩，一旦這些振蕩獨(dú)自運(yùn)行，便會(huì)向西移動(dòng)。
The phenomenon influences the positioning of the jet stream. And that, in turn, affects weather patterns around the globe.
這一現(xiàn)象影響了海洋上空急流風(fēng)的分布，從而影響了全球氣候。
"The jet stream remained locked in place for weeks, bringing an unprecedented two-month heat wave to Russia and contributing to devastating floods in Pakistan at the end of July, " it said.
因?yàn)檫@陣射流一直被困在同一個(gè)地方，所以給俄羅斯帶來了前所未有的長達(dá)兩個(gè)月的熱浪，也造成了七月底巴基斯坦大洪水的形成。

In the past, pilots thought airplanes moving up and down in the jet stream caused such turbulence.
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This has been caused by cold La Nina temperatures in the Eastern Tropical Pacific that pushed the jet stream northward, shifting moisture and rainfall eastward.
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a narrow current of strong winds high above the earth that move from west to east

The jet stream is a very strong wind that blows high in the Earth's atmosphere and has an important influence on the weather.