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The Berson current is an equatorial jet in the lower stratosphere. Like all equatorial jets, it is a narrow stream of fast-moving westerly air. Its size exhibits seasonal oscillations roughly in anti-phase with the Monsoon.

References

George, P.A.; Narayanan, V. (1976). "Linkage of Equatorial Stratospheric Westerlies with Indian Monsoon" (PDF). Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics. 5: 225–230.
Hide, R. (1969). "Dynamics of the Atmospheres of the Major Planets with an Appendix on the Viscous Boundary Layer at the Rigid Bounding Surface of an Electrically-Conducting Rotating Fluid in the Presence of a Magnetic Field". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 26 (5): 841–853. doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1969)0262.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-4928.