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Mountain Wave

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-017856

The wavelike effect, characterized by updrafts and downdrafts, that occurs above and behind a mountain range when rapidly flowing air encounters the mountain range's steep front.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-017856
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNOAA National Weather Service Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-017856",
  "term": "Mountain Wave",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The wavelike effect, characterized by updrafts and downdrafts, that occurs above and behind a mountain range when rapidly flowing air encounters the mountain range's steep front.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA National Weather Service Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/mountain-wave/"
}

Record 17,856 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.