anabatic wind

noun

An upslope wind; usually applied only when the wind is blowing up a hill or mountain as a result of local surface heating and apart from the effects of the larger scale circulation; the opposite of katabatic wind. The most common type anabatic is the valley wind.

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Meanings

nounanabatic wind (plural anabatic winds)

plural anabatic winds

  1. climatologyAn upslope wind; usually applied only when the wind is blowing up a hill or mountain as a result of local surface heating and apart from the effects of the larger scale circulation; the opposite of katabatic wind. The most common type anabatic is the valley wind.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 上坡風 /上坡风
  • 上坡風 /上坡风 (shàngpōfēng)upslope wind
Finnish nousutuuli
  • nousutuuliupslope wind
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