Summary:
- Global winds are winds that occur in belts that go all around the planet.
- Like local winds, global winds are caused by unequal heating of the atmosphere.
- Winds blow on a diagonal over the surface due to Coriolis effect.
- Jet streams are fast-moving air currents high in the troposphere.
- The strongest jet streams circle the planet, mainly from west to east.
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