Image: Katabatic-wind hg
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Description: Sketch about the two forces, pressure gradient and gravitation force, producing Katabatic Wind at the margin of an ice sheet or glacier. Offshore katabatic winds may form coastal polynyas.
Title: Katabatic-wind hg
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Author: Hannes Grobe, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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