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updraft
- Sinônimos - Inglês
- up current; updraught
- Definição1
- A localized upward current of air.
- Fonte1
- CRANE, Dale (ed.). Dictionary of aeronautical terms. 2nd ed. Renton: ASA, 1991.
- Fonte2
- AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 9 maio 2022.
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Wind shear. Montreal, 1987. (Cir. 186 AN/122).
- Nota Adicional1
- In aviation terminology (especially in connection with aircraft turbulence) a relatively small-scale current of air with marked vertical motion, that is, updraft or downdraft.
- Contexto
- The updraft and downdraft currents, especially those associated with severe storms are of immense importance to aviation.
- Subárea
- Meteorology
- Related Term
- downdraft
- Français
- courant ascendant
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