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- Sinônimos - Inglês
- chinook wind
- Definição1
- A warm, dry, downslope wind descending the lee side of the Alps as a result of synoptic-scale, cross-barrier flow over the mountain range.
- Fonte1
- AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 21 set. 2021.
- Definição2
- A warm, dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range, the warmth and dryness of the air being due to adiabatic compression as the air descends the mountain slopes.
- Fonte2
- UNITED STATES. National Weather Service. National weather service glossary. [20-?]. In: ______. [Homepage]. [Silver Spring, MD, 20-?]. Disponível em: < https://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php >. Acesso em: 21 set. 2021.
- Fonte3
- SPELLMAN, Frank R. The Handbook of Meteorology. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013. 237 p. ISBN 978-0-8108-8613-1.
- Nota Adicional1
- In the United States, the term chinook is used for Foehn winds in the Rocky and Sierra mountains. Chinook wind is called a foehn wind in Europe.
- Subárea
- Meteorology
- Related Term
- synoptic chart
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