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mountain wave
- Sinônimos
- lee wave
- Definição1
- An atmospheric gravity wave, formed when stable air flow passes over a mountain or mountain barrier.
- 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: 29 ago. 2022.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Aircraft accident digest n.38. Montreal, 2002. (Cir. 290 AN/168).
- Nota adicional1
- Acronym in English: MTW.
- Contexto
- It is possible for a mountain wave to trap a rotor, resulting in a "standing" rotor, which would not move with the wind.
- Subárea1
- Meteorology
- Related Term
- standing wave
- Português
- onda orográfica
- Imagem
A well-developed mountain wave.
Fonte: KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.