ON LOCATING JET STREAMS FROM TIROS PHOTOGRAPHS

L. F. WHITNEY, A. TIMCHALK, T. I. GRAY
1966 Monthly Weather Review  
The purpose of this study is t o evaluate the reliability of locating jet streams by means of certain cloud patterns in TIROS pictures, and to determine the most definitive characteristics of those patterns. It would be very useful omrationally, especially in data-sparse regions, if the jet stream could be accurately located from satellite pictures. Jet stream positions over the United States estimated from TIROS pictures are compared with positions from operational analyses during a 3-month
more » ... iod. The cases are re-examined to determine under which conditions agreement did or did not occur.
doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1966)094<0127:oljsft>2.3.co;2 fatcat:mmbihv34jbgwdndeapq7mvgxry