anabatic wind

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anabatic wind

noun anabatic winds

An upslope wind; usually applied only when the wind is blowing up a hill or mountain as a result of local surface heating and apart from the effects of the larger scale circulation; the opposite of katabatic wind. The most common type anabatic is the valley wind.

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noun upslope wind

中文	上坡風 /上坡风 shàngpōfēng

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@misc{anabatic_wind_2026,
  title = {anabatic wind},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anabatic%20wind},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}