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Articles | Volume 5, issue 4
Articles | Volume 5, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1269-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1269-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 5, issue 4
Research article
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14 Oct 2024
Research article |  | 14 Oct 2024

Spatio-temporal averaging of jets obscures the reinforcement of baroclinicity by latent heating

Henrik Auestad, Clemens Spensberger, Andrea Marcheggiani, Paulo Ceppi, Thomas Spengler, and Tim Woollings

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Latent heating due to condensation can influence atmospheric circulation by strengthening or weakening horizontal temperature contrasts. Strong temperature contrasts intensify storms and imply the existence of strong upper tropospheric winds called jets. It remains unclear whether latent heating preferentially reinforces or abates the existing jet. We show that this disagreement is attributable to how the jet is defined, confirming that latent heating reinforces the jet.

 
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