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The Gulf Stream transports large amounts of heat from the tropics to middle and high latitudes, and thereby affects weather
phenomena such as cyclogenesis and low cloud formation. But its climatic influence, on monthly and longer timescales,
remains poorly understood. In particular, it is unclear how the warm current affects the free atmosphere above the marine
atmospheric boundary layer. Here we consider the Gulf Stream's influence on the troposphere, using a combination of
operational weather analyses, satellite observations and an atmospheric general circulation model. [Source: Nature]
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