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-# jet_regional_cloudimpacts_NAEU
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 Documentation of plotting and analysis scripts for N. Albern, A. Voigt, and J. G. Pinto: "Tropical cloud-radiative changes contribute to robust climate change-induced jet exit strengthening over Europe during boreal winter", submitted to ERL in March 2021.
 
 The plotting and analysis scripts and the resulting figures are provided in the directory "pythonscripts".