katabatic wind

English

Noun

katabatic wind (plural katabatic winds)

(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

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