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===Coastal jet=== Coastal low-level jets are related to a sharp contrast between high temperatures over land and lower temperatures over the sea and play an important role in coastal weather, giving rise to strong coast parallel winds.<ref name="cardoso">{{cite journal |last1=Cardoso |first1=Rita M. |last2=Soares |first2=Pedro M. M. |last3=Lima |first3=Daniela C. A. |last4=Semedo |first4=Alvaro |title=The impact of climate change on the Iberian low-level wind jet: EURO-CORDEX regional climate simulation |journal=Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography |date=1 December 2016 |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=29005 |doi=10.3402/tellusa.v68.29005 |bibcode=2016TellA..6829005C |doi-access=free }}</ref> Most coastal jets are associated with the oceanic high-pressure systems and thermal low over land and are mainly located along cold eastern boundary marine currents, in [[upwelling]] regions offshore California, Peru–Chile, Benguela, Portugal, Canary and West Australia, and offshore Yemen–Oman.<ref name="cardoso" />
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