katabatic

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Antarctica katabatic (gravity-driven) winds blow coastward from the high interior; frequent blizzards form near the foot of the plateau; cyclonic storms form over the ocean and move clockwise along the coast; volcanism on Deception Island and isolated areas of West

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a cold flow of air traveling downward: a katabatic wind.

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  • Known as the Dry Valleys, they are swept free of snow by nearly relentless katabatic winds - cold, dry air that rolls downhill toward the sea from the high altitudes of the ice sheet. —  doggdot.us
  • 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.
  • 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. —  Wind Power From Way, Way Down
  • I'm writing this blog from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a cold katabatic wind is blowing off the —  WN.com - Articles related to World Bank chief warns of funding constraints
  • In the present study, the dynamics of the observed oscillating katabatic winds are in good agreement with the theory. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. Greek katabatikos, pertaining to descent, from katabatos, descending : kata-, cata- + batos, going; see gwā- in Indo-European roots.
 

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