A technique to provide vertical wind distribution through the mid-latitude (polar) tropopause in the 300-to 200-mb layer is described. Vertical wind-shear charts computed from the horizontal temperature gradients are used to delinate wind variations with alttiude in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere.Examples of vertical wind-shear charts and the suggested operational usages are presented.
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