Which of the following is false regarding the jet streams?

A) The highest velocities occur toward the core of the jet streams.
B) They weaken during each of the hemisphere's summer and strengthen during its winter.
C) They occur above the subtropics and the polar front.
D) They have no known effect on surface weather systems.


D

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