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Along-slope Wind System


   Weather TermDescription / Definition
   Along-slope Wind System A closed, thermally driven diurnal mountain wind circulation whose lower branch blows up or down the sloping sidewalls of a valley or mountain. The upper branch blows in the opposite direction, thereby closing the circulation.


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