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Thermally driven circulation

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-027965

A diurnally reversing closed cellular wind current resulting from horizontal temperature contrasts caused by different rates of heating or cooling over adjacent surfaces; includes along-slope, cross-valley, along-valley, mountain-plain and sea breeze circulations.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-027965
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesNOAA National Weather Service Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027965",
  "term": "Thermally driven circulation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Thermally Driven Circulation",
  "definition": "A diurnally reversing closed cellular wind current resulting from horizontal temperature contrasts caused by different rates of heating or cooling over adjacent surfaces; includes along-slope, cross-valley, along-valley, mountain-plain and sea breeze circulations.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "NOAA National Weather Service Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/thermally-driven-circulation/"
}

Record 27,209 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.