The Jet Stream and Us
Season 2008Episode 24Season 2008Episode 26

E25 The Jet Stream and Us

BBC Documentaries / Season 2008 / Episode 25

17 Feb, 2008 · 1h

 
Season 2008Episode 24Season 2008Episode 26

E25 The Jet Stream and Us

BBC Documentaries / Season 2008 / Episode 25

17 Feb, 2008 · 1h

 

Documentary tracing how human understanding of the jet stream - a ribbon of fast moving air high in the atmosphere - has grown. It has been responsible for bewildering effect on bomber pilots in World War II, turbocharging modern transatlantic flyers, the infamous 1987 hurricane and the devastating floods of recent years. Scientists now believe this powerful weather phenomenon is now changing its pattern of behaviour and could have an... see more

Documentary tracing how human understanding of the jet stream - a ribbon of fast moving air high in the atmosphere - has grown. It has been responsible for bewildering effect on bomber pilots in World War II, turbocharging modern transatlantic flyers, the infamous 1987 hurricane and the devastating floods of recent years. Scientists now believe this powerful weather phenomenon is now changing its pattern of behaviour and could have an... see more
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