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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Cross-valley winds that are driven up or down sloping terrain by buoyant forces.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Examples are [[anabatic]] (upslope) winds caused by rising warm air during daytime and [[katabatic]] (downslope) winds caused by descending cold air at night. <br/>''Compare'' [[slope flows]].</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Cross-valley winds that are driven up or down sloping terrain by buoyant forces.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Examples are [[anabatic wind|anabatic]] (upslope) winds caused by rising warm air during daytime and [[katabatic wind|katabatic]] (downslope) winds caused by descending cold air at night. <br/>''Compare'' [[slope flows]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:54, 25 April 2012
slope winds
Cross-valley winds that are driven up or down sloping terrain by buoyant forces.
Examples are anabatic (upslope) winds caused by rising warm air during daytime and katabatic (downslope) winds caused by descending cold air at night.
Compare slope flows.
Compare slope flows.
