The Turkana jet is a low-level, south-easterly wind flowing from Kenya to South Sudan. The jet passes through the Turkana channel between the Ethiopian and East African highlands. It was first presented in scientific literature by Kinuthia and Asnani in 1982 using measurements collected in Marsabit, Kenya.[1] At Marsabit, the wind is strongest around 500–800 m above the ground, and has been known to reach speeds of 50 m/s.[2] There is a variation in jet strength throughout the day, peaking between 00 and 06 UTC. The Lake Turkana Wind Power Station benefits from the semi-permanence of the jet throughout the year.
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^Nicholson, Sharon (May 2016). "The Turkana low-level jet: mean climatology and association with regional aridity". International Journal of Climatology. 36 (6): 2598–2614. Bibcode:2016IJCli..36.2598N. doi:10.1002/joc.4515. S2CID 129850035.
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