Katabatic winds

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Name (Hebrew)
רוח קטבטית
Name (Latin)
Katabatic winds
Name (Arabic)
رياح سفحية هابطة
Other forms of name
Drainage winds
Gravity winds
See Also From tracing topical name
Winds
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q212903
Library of congress: sh 99004718
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 98198000: Heinemann, G. Katabatic wind and boundary layer front ... 1998.
  • McGraw-Hill dict. sci. tech.(gravity wind: [Meterol] a wind (or component thereof) directed down the slope of an incline and caused by greater air density near the slope than at the same levels some distance horizontally from the slope; also known as drainage wind, katabatic wind)
  • Concise dict. physics(katabatic wind: a wind caused by the downward motion of air)