katabatic
IPA: kætʌbˈætɪk
noun
- Short for katabatic wind. [(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.]
adjective
- (meteorology, of airflow) Downslope on a mountainside.
Examples of "katabatic" in Sentences
- Not all downslope winds are katabatic.
- Katabatic winds can be important in this process.
- This is known a katabatic wind or mountain breeze.
- The strong katabatic wind there is the northeastern bora.
- Thus the williwaw is considered a type of katabatic wind.
- The area is also known for the Bora, a type of katabatic wind.
- A glacier may also erode its environment through katabatic winds.
- Personally I think 'katabatic' would be a good name for a cat ...
- The wind generated by this air movement is known as a katabatic wind .
- The wind generated by this air movement is known as a 'katabatic wind'.
- They are not the same as katabatic winds, which usually occur on a larger scale.
- He explained that this area had a permanent offshore gale called the katabatic—Greek for flowing downhill.
- He explained that this area had a permanent offshore gale called the katabatic – Greek for flowing downhill.
- Array them on the the sides of mountains and along the valleys to create katabatic tunnels and magnify the force and duration of the winds.
- It's on the receiving end of "katabatic" winds flowing virtually uninterrupted down the ice fields to the sea from the center of the continent.
- The winds, called katabatic winds, form as air slides down from the high plateau of Antarctica's interior and funnels into small drainages near the coast.
- Still, there was the day when a 100 mph wind gust, known as a katabatic wind, ripped the tent Mortvedt was in from its stakes and sent him tumbling down the ice.
- As this extremely cold, dense air sinks, it can get funneled through rugged channels in the ice and rock to become ferocious, deadly gusts called katabatic winds that howl toward the coast of Antarctica.
- These are referred to as katabatic winds and are narrow, strong regions of wind blowing from the cold mountain plateau of Greenland down the steep mountainsides and out over the ocean, causing large waves.