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MELTEMI [2 records]

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Record 1 2007-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
CONT

The name sounds romantic and oddly soothing :meltemi. But the reality is that this dry wind blowing from the north can sweep across Greek waters, swamping small craft, challenging ferries, and shutting down hydrofoils. It also can churn the waters, making them dangerous for swimmers, and blow sand at sunbathers on north-facing beaches.

CONT

We are on Aegean cost of Turkey and we profit from these exceptional weather conditions; like 6 months of blue sky, warm sun, a climate without dampness and the good wind called Meltemi.

CONT

The Meltemi wind was known by the old Greeks as the Etesian northern winds, and results from a high pressure system(>1025) lying over the Balkan/Hungary area and a relatively low pressure(<1010) system over Turkey.

OBS

The old name of the Meltemia was the Etesian winds. Mythologically, they are under the control of Boreas, the god of the North Winds.

OBS

The Etesian or Meltemi(Turkish name) is an extension of a monsoon. It is strongest in the afternoon and weakens during the night.

OBS

etesian wind: Prevailing northerly wind in summer in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea.

OBS

In Greece the etesian wind is locally named the sleeper. In Turkey it is the meltém.

Key term(s)
  • etesians
  • etesian winds
  • meltemi winds
  • meltém wind
  • meltém winds
  • etesian northern winds
  • etesian

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Vent d'été du Nord est qui souffle les après-midi sur la mer Égée.

CONT

Autre avantage de se rendre dans la région les mois d'avril, de mai, de septembre et d'octobre : le Meltemi, vent dominant de secteur nord en mer Égée, n'a pas encore atteint toute sa puissance.

OBS

Melteme ou meltemi ou meltemia [Ce] vent [...] est appelé Étésien en Grèce.

OBS

Ce vent imprévisible et fougueux est si caractériel que les grecs lui ont préféré le nom de Meltem (venu de Turquie) à celui d'«Étésien».

OBS

vent étésien : Vent dominant du nord, en été, sur la Méditerranée orientale et la mer Égée.

Key term(s)
  • étésiens
  • vents étésiens
  • vent meltem
  • vents meltemi
  • vents meltem

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Prevailing northerly wind in summer in the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea.

CONT

Etesian ... occurs from May until September. This wind is the strongest in July and August, when the pressure east of the Mediterranean is low.

CONT

The Etesian or Meltemi(Turkish name) is an extension of a monsoon. It is strongest in the afternoon and weakens during the night.

CONT

According to the ancient Greeks, the etesians blow for 40 days, beginning with the heliacal rising of Sirius. They are associated (along with the seistan and shamal) with the deep low pressure area that forms in summer over northwest India. They bring clear skies and dry, relatively cool weather.

OBS

In Greece the etesian wind is locally named the sleeper. In Turkey [and Greece] it is the meltém [meltemi; meltemia; meltemi wind, etc. ]. The Romans used the word also for the southwest monsoon of the Arabian Sea.

OBS

etesian: term often used in the plural (etesians) to designate "the prevailing northerly winds ...".

Key term(s)
  • etesians
  • etesian winds
  • meltemi winds
  • meltem wind
  • meltem winds
  • etesian northern winds
  • meltemi
  • meltemia
  • meltemi wind

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Vent dominant du nord, en été, sur la Méditerranée orientale et la mer Égée.

CONT

[...] les vents étésiens seraient cause du gonflement du fleuve en empêchant les eaux de s'écouler dans la mer. Or, souvent les étésiens ne soufflent pas et le Nil ne déborde pas moins; outre cela, s'ils avaient cette puissance, les autres fleuves contre lesquels ils soufflent devraient en éprouver les mêmes effets que le Nil [...]

CONT

Étésiens. [...] Ils sont mis en mouvement par l'évaporation intense de la mer et par l'échauffement des déserts (Sahara, Arabie) circumvoisins.

OBS

Étésien, ce vent est appelé melteme, meltem, meltemi ou meltemia en Grèce et en Turquie.

OBS

étésien : terme souvent utilisé au pluriel (étésiens) pour désigner «les vents méditerranéens qui soufflent alternativement du nord et du sud.» Référence (définition) : Glossaire de météorologie et de climatologie (VILME, 1980).

Key term(s)
  • étésiens
  • vents étésiens
  • meltem

Spanish

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

Viento dominante del norte que sopla en verano en el Mediterráneo oriental y el mar Egeo.

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