polar jet

collocation in English

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polar
adjective
uk
/ˈpəʊ.lər/us
/ˈpoʊ.lɚ/
relating to the North or South Pole or the areas ...
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jet
noun
uk
/dʒet/us
/dʒet/
an aircraft with a jet engine that is able to fly ...
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(Definition ofpolarandjetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The jet stream in this region splits into the southern subtropical jet and thepolarjet.
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During that time of year thepolarjetstream to the north moves southward to become close to the subtropical jet to the south.
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A strong shortwave trough in the southern branch of thepolarjetstream accelerated the strengthening of the surface low.
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Its wind field can join with the wind field of thepolarjetstream.
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Such storms are very often formed from the merging of several weaker storms, a parent storm, and apolarjetstream mixing with the tropical jet stream.
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During the winter, a prevailing westerly flow of air masses combines with thepolarjetstream to bring bitter cold and frequent storm systems to the region.
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This implies the material is ionised in thepolarjet, and recombines as it moves away from the star, rather than being ionised by later collisions.
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One factor that contributes to the sharpness of thepolarjetis the undercutting of sub-tropical airmasses by the more dense polar airmasses at the polar front.
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Over time, the direction of the polar jets would vary due to precession.
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The strongest jet streams are the polar jets, at around 7-12km ft above sea level, and the higher and somewhat weaker subtropical jets at around 10-16km ft.
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The existence of an accretion disk caused by mass transfer between the two components of the system may give rise to polar jets, which would interact with previously ejected material.
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