Civil Services Prepby Garima Malik & Nitin Sangwan Account

UPSC Prelims · General Studies

Geography

Change subject
← All Geography topics

Climatology

Jet streams and upper-air circulation

Practise 1 PYQ

Concepts to cover

  1. Jet streams: high-speed upper-troposphere westerly winds in both hemispheres
  2. Subtropical westerly jet and polar front jet; seasonal shift
  3. Tropical easterly jet and the Somali jet in summer
  4. Rossby waves and meandering of the jet
Related past questions