Polar Night Jet (PNJ)

Polar Night Jet (PNJ)

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The Polar Night Jet is a jet stream that forms high up in the stratosphere above the pole (at around 60 degrees latitude) during the polar night (during the winter when there is no sun in the polar regions). 

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