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Katabatic winds can howl across the continent, down the polar plateau, and achieve hurricane force. These winds move ice crystals around the continent and sometimes force scientists to remain indoors until the winds subside.
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katabatic winds
What is winds that blow off the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are?
Katabatic
What are Winds in the high latitudes that flow out of the Arctic and Antarctic regions?
In Antarctica, the winds are known as Katabatic winds. In the Arctic, the winds are known as Squamish winds.
Can you get blizzards in antarctica?
Blizzards are constant on the Antarctic continent, specifically caused by Katabatic winds that blow off the polar plateau, and which are driven by the rotation of the Earth.
Why is Antarctica sometimes called the home of the wild?
There may be a typo in your question. Antarctica is often called home of the wind, because of the strong, constant Katabatic winds that blow to the coasts from high on the polar plateau.
What is the strongest wind at Mawson station in Antarctica?
Yes. Antarctic winds are katabatic, and fall from the polar plateau to sea level, pulled by gravity and cold air seeking its low level. Antarctica is the highest continent -- and the windiest content. There is no continent in the Arctic to produce such winds.
Why is Antarctica the coldest and windiest continent?
Antarctica is cold because it lacks sunlight during the winter months. Antarctica is windy based on Katabatic winds that flow downhill from the polar plateau -- about two miles high, and that are powered by the rotation of the earth.
What is the environment like in Antarctica?
Antarctica is a polar desert, very cold, mountainous and extremely icy
What are Katabatic winds?
From Wikipedia:"A katabatic wind, from the Greek word katabatikosmeaning "going downhill", is the technical name for a drainage wind, a wind that carries high density air from a higher elevation down a slope under the force of gravity."In Antarctica, katabatic winds swirl down to the beach -- about 750 miles -- from the elevated South Pole, which sits at an elevation of 9,300' (2900m), however the equivalent pressure elevation, based on polar atmospheric conditions, will vary from 10,800 (3300m) to 13,120 (4,000m).
How much snow is on top of the ice in Antarctica?
None. There is less than five percent humidity in Antarctica, so there is essentially no show. What blows around on top of the ice sheet are ice crystals, blown free by the Katabatic winds on the continent.
Why is Antarctica called 'the home of the wind'?
Antarctica is the windiest place on earth. The average windspeed is 67km/h (44mph) and the highest windspeed recorded is 320kmh( 198.8 mph). Violent katabatic winds are common. These are caused by heavy cold air falling towards the ocean and gathering speed. Air at Pole is slower, but with a severe wind chill factor.The wind blows in Antarctica all of the time, based on the nature of katabatic winds that flow downhill from the height of the polar plateau, coupled with the spin of the Earth, which is notable in polar regions.
What is the name of strong Antarctic winds?
Because Antarctica is a "polar" region, there is no precipitation, it has no lakes or rivers and is in fact the driest continent. Average temperatures in the Antarctic interior get down to -60 degrees Celsius during the winter months and -28 degrees Celsius in the warmer months. The coastal temperatures are much warmer with a range of -15 to -32 Celsius in Winter and -5 to +5 Celsius in Summer. The interior of Antarctica is considered the world's driest desert because the extreme cold freezes water vapour out of the air. Annual snowfall on the polar plateau is equivalent to less than 5 cm of rain. Antarctica has some of the strongest winds on earth, with some winds reaching 320 kph.
