katabatic wind

English

Noun

katabatic wind (plural katabatic winds)

1. (climatology) A drainage wind or a fall wind: a wind, such as the bora or Bohemian wind, which moves high density air from a higher elevation down an incline, due to the force of gravity.

Translations

wind blowing down an incline

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下降風／下降风 (xiàjiàngfēng), 下坡風／下坡风 (xiàpōfēng)

• Finnish: laskutuuli
• French: vent catabatique m
• German: Fallwind (de) m
• Swedish: fallvind (sv) c

See also

• foehn, chinook, bergwind