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Upwind

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-009920

The direction against the prevailing wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing. If a weather phenomenon is located upwind of an observer, it means the wind is carrying air from that phenomenon towards the observer. For instance, a plume of smoke from a factory would drift downwind from its upwind source.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-009920
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-009920",
  "term": "Upwind",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "The direction against the prevailing wind, or the direction from which the wind is blowing. If a weather phenomenon is located upwind of an observer, it means the wind is carrying air from that phenomenon towards the observer. For instance, a plume of smoke from a factory would drift downwind from its upwind source.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/upwind/"
}

Record 10,147 of 10,816 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.