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What does anabatic mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word anabatic? Here's what it means.

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  1. (of a warm air current) rising (up a slope)
  2. (medicine) Of or pertaining to anabasis
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The most convenient features for anabatic and katabatic streams are the concepts of mountain-valley breezes.
Land and sea breezes are far more noticeable in Australia than anabatic and katabatic winds.
Like sea and land breezes, anabatic and katabatic winds are induced thermally.
These winds are also called anabatic flow.
In addition, you can have thermals combining with the anabatic flows up a slope for convergence.
The cool night winds are called drainage winds, or katabatic winds, and are often quite gusty and usually stronger than anabatic winds.

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