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FOHN WALL [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Cloud formation which, during a foehn episode, lies over and along a mountain ridge and which presents, to an observer downwind from the ridge, the appearance of a vertical wall.

Key term(s)
  • föhn wall
  • föhn bank
  • foehnwall
  • föhnwall

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Forme de nuage surmontant ou longeant, en période de foehn, la crête d'une montagne et présentant, pour un observateur placé sous le vent de la crête, l'aspect d'une muraille verticale.

Key term(s)
  • mur de föhn

Spanish

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

Banco nuboso, en una situación de viento foehn, localizado sobre la cresta de una cordillera y que, para un observador situado corriente abajo, se asemeja a una pared vertical.

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