katabatic wind

C7453
concept

A katabatic wind is a gravity-driven downslope wind that occurs when dense, cold air flows from higher elevations to lower areas, often producing strong, gusty conditions in valleys and coastal regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
katabatic wind canonical 3

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: katabatic wind
Generated description
A katabatic wind is a gravity-driven downslope wind that occurs when dense, cold air flows from higher elevations to lower areas, often producing strong, gusty conditions in valleys and coastal regions.

Instances (3)

Instance Via concept surface
Mistral
Bura
Bora wind