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dry wind [1 record]

Record 1 2003-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Type of wind, often heated and dried by compression, having different names depending on the location where it occurs ...

OBS

... for example: bise, bora, chinook, foehn, ghibli, haboob, harmattan, khamsin, mistral, shamal, simoon, sukhovei, tramontana, zonda, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Type de vent, souvent réchauffé et asséché par compression, portant différents noms selon l'endroit où il se manifeste [...]

OBS

[Par exemples :] bise, bora, chinook, foehn, ghibli, haboob, harmattan, khamsin, mistral, shamal, simoun, sukhovei, tramontane, zonda, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Tipo de viento, frecuentemente calentado y desecado por compresión, que tiene distintos nombres según el lugar en que se produce [...]

OBS

[...] por ejemplo : bise, bora, chinook, foehn, ghibli, haboob, harmattan, khamsin, mistral, shamal, simún, sukhovei, tramontana, zonda, etc.

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