File:High-pressure systems is the synoptic scale phenomena that contributes to the formation of the Papagayo Jet.png
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English: An NASA satellite image was annotated to demonstrate a cartoon high-pressure system that would influence the formation of the Papagayo jet. As the cold air from the North American continent meets the warm moist air of the Caribbean a large pressure gradient is established and the air flows quickly over Nicaragua and Costa Rica into the Pacific. The large Cordillera mountains block this wind and as a result it is funneled through a narrow pass in the mountains. This funneled wind is called the Papagayo jet. |
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| Source | http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=74218 |
| Author | Reto Stöckli, NASA Earth Observatory |
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