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Inside the Jet Stream
Giving Rise to the Jet Stream
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The warmed air is drawn toward the cold North and South poles, where it sinks towards the Earth's surface.

This sets up a convection cell that carries warm air from the tropics to the higher latitudes and cold air from the higher latitudes toward the tropics.

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