Abstract
Abstract The behavior of subtropical jet streaks over the Australian–South Pacific region is investigated for four consecutive 6-month summer seasons, November to April, during the period 1985–89. The study is an extension of a recent one by Ko and Vincent (hereafter referred to as KV), in which jet streaks during the summer season of 1984–85 were examined. Ko and Vincent found that the upper-tropospheric zonal wind behaved in a quasi-periodic manner, with maxima recurring over the western South Pacific at intervals between one and two weeks. In the present study, wind maxima are found to exhibit a 1–2-week periodic oscillation over the South Pacific in all four years, thus substantiating the finding by KV. In addition, a second set of jet streaks, with a similar periodicity, is found over the southern Australian region. It is also seen that the mean summertime position of the South Pacific jet and its accompanying jet streaks are much farther cast during the El Nino event of 1986–87 than they are in the ...
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