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===Subtropical jet=== A second factor which contributes to a concentrated jet is more applicable to the subtropical jet which forms at the poleward limit of the tropical [[Hadley cell]], and to first order this circulation is symmetric with respect to longitude. Tropical air rises to the tropopause, and moves poleward before sinking; this is the Hadley cell circulation. As it does so it tends to conserve angular momentum, since friction with the ground is slight. Air masses that begin moving poleward are deflected eastward by the [[Coriolis force]] (true for either hemisphere), which for poleward moving air implies an increased westerly component of the winds<ref>[[Lyndon State College]] Meteorology. [http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter10/subt_jet_form.html Jet Stream Formation β Subtropical Jet.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115127/http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter10/subt_jet_form.html |date=27 September 2011 }} Retrieved on 8 May 2008.</ref>
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