- orographic rain
- 地形雨
Atmospheric Sciences (English-Chinese) dictionary. 2014.
orographic rain
Look at other dictionaries:
orographic rain — /ˌɒrəgræfɪk ˈreɪn/ (say .oruhgrafik rayn) noun rain that occurs when a humid wind strikes a mountain or ridge and is forced to a higher, cooler altitude …
orographic rain — noun : the rain produced when a mountain deflects moisture laden wind upward … Useful english dictionary
RAIN — (Heb. מָטָר ,גֶּשֶׁם). The large number of quotations referring to rain in the biblical and talmudic sources may be attributed to the fact that rain is the most important climatic element for the agriculture of Israel, particularly in non… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Orographic lift — A gravity wave cloud pattern analogous to a ship wake in the downwind zone behind the Île Amsterdam, in the far southern Indian Ocean. The island generates wave motion in the wind passing over it, creating regularly spaced orographic clouds. The… … Wikipedia
Rain shadow — For the Australian television series see Rain Shadow (TV series). A rain shadow or rainshadow, or more accurately, precipitation shadow, is a dry region of land that is leeward of a mountain range or other geographic feature, with respect to… … Wikipedia
orographic precipitation — precipitation caused by the lifting of moist air over a mountain barrier. [1965 70] * * * ▪ meteorology rain, snow, or other precipitation produced when moist air is lifted as it moves over a mountain range. As the air rises and cools,… … Universalium
rain shadow — Meteorol. a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains. [1900 05] * * * lee side of an orographic (mountainous) barrier, which receives considerably less precipitation than the… … Universalium
Monsoon of Indian subcontinent — Indian subcontinent with flags of individual countries A Monsoon of the Indian subcontinent is among the several geographically distributed observations of the global monsoons. In the subcontinent, it is one of oldest weather observations, an… … Wikipedia
Cherrapunji — Sohra town … Wikipedia
Climate of Mount Kenya — Mount Kenya National Park Natural history Climate Mountaineering Names list The climate of Mount Kenya has played a critical role in the development of the mountain, influencing the topography and ecology amongst other factors. It has a typical… … Wikipedia
Ore Mountains — For other similarly named ranges, see Ore Mountains (disambiguation). Ore Mountains Erzgebirge Krušné hory Range … Wikipedia
