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katabatic wind - a wind caused by the downward motion of cold air

air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"

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The solar PV panels, sourced from German company Aleo Solar, have been built to withstand extreme weather conditions in the Antarctic, the coldest continent on earth, where katabatic wind speeds can reach nearly 300 km/h and the average temperature ranges from -10 degrees Celsius to -60 degrees Celsius depending on the time of year.

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On Wednesday they completed a 24km trek despite battling against katabatic wind, huge energy sapping downslope gusts.

Crevasses, polar bears and lost legs... the challenge of a lifetime; Pete Bowker, who was hit by a roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan, is currently attempting to become the world's first amputee to cross the Greenland Ice Cap. Almost a week into the challenge, Sion Morgan checks his progress

This flow, known as a "katabatic wind", extends out a considerable distance from the Derwent River mouth, typically 10 to 20 kilometres.

Winds of change the final run up the River Derwent to the finish line is a notoriously difficult stretch of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, so understanding the wind patterns in the southeast Tasmania is a huge advantage

Examples of specific topics covered include aircraft electrification, airmass, anabatic wind, boundary layer, convection, Dansgaard-Oeschger event, Dobson spectrophotometer, gradient wind, katabatic wind, meteorology, noble gases, pollution control, temperature scales, waterspout, and Venturi effect.

Encyclopedia of weather and climate, rev.ed.; 2v

Howell, 1967: Katabatic winds in the equatorial Andes.

CHOCO-JEX: A Research Experiment Focused on the Choco Low-Level Jet over the Far Eastern Pacific and Western Colombia

These are known as katabatic winds, as explained here.

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In summer, katabatic winds are weaker than in winter because of differences in how much heat can be lost from the source region and to local sea breezes.

Numerical Simulation of Sea Breeze Convergence over Antarctic Peninsula