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An anabatic wind, from the Greek anabatos, verbal of anabainein meaning "moving upward", is a warm wind which blows up a steep slope or mountain side, driven by heating of the slope through insolation. [1] [2] It is also known as upslope flow. These winds typically occur during the daytime in calm sunny weather.
In the Latin poems, the name Eurus is generally used for the east or southeast wind, as in Greek. [12] Eurus is a wind of storm, described as a turbulent wind during storms and tossing ships on the sea. [13] [14] He is referred to as the "savior of Sparta" in a Homeric paean, or poem. [15] Eurus is also called the "hot wind" by Nonnus in ...
Aeolus, keeper of the winds; later writers made him a full-fledged god. Anemoi, (in Greek, Ἄνεμοι—"winds") were the Greek wind gods. Boreas (Βορέας), god of the north wind and of winter. Eurus (Εὖρος), god of the east or southeast wind. Notus (Νότος), god of the south wind. Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος), god of the west wind.
Diurnal wind system variation in the Appalachian mountain range. Mountain and valley breezes form through a process similar to sea and land breezes. During the day, the sun heats up mountain air rapidly while the valley remains relatively cooler. Convection causes it to rise, causing a valley breeze. At night, the process is reversed.
The Tower of the Winds, also known by other names, is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower in the Roman Agora in Athens, named after the eight large reliefs of wind gods around its top. Its date is uncertain, but was completed by about 50 BC, at the latest, as it was mentioned by Varro in his De re Rustica of about 37 BC. [ 1 ]
In Greek mythology and religion, Notus (Ancient Greek: Νότος, romanized: Nótos, lit. 'south') is the god of the south wind and one of the Anemoi (wind-gods), sons of the dawn goddess Eos and the star-god Astraeus. A desiccating wind of heat, Notus was associated with the storms of late summer and early autumn, wetness, mist, and was seen ...
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek firefighters were battling two wildfires near Athens on Sunday amid strong winds, just hours after managing to contain blazes in a mountainous area also near the capital as ...
The brief text lists winds blowing from twelve different directions and their alternative names used in different places. [1] According to the manuscript version of the work, The Situations and Names of Winds is an extract from a larger work entitled On Signs ( De Signis ) [ 2 ] likely written by a pseudo-Aristotle of the peripatetic school .