Topic

North Atlantic Oscillation

Swing in the sea-level pressure difference between the Azores and Iceland that governs the strength and latitude of the North Atlantic jet stream and therefore Europe's and North Africa's winter storm tracks.

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Morocco's seven-year drought ended when the Atlantic jet stream dipped south

The team that traced Morocco's record wet winter to a weakened Azores-Iceland pressure gradient says the Pacific will not settle what happens next, even with NOAA giving better than 90 percent odds on a very strong El Nino.

Publishers:phys.org

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