met. (LE 1986, 328; 1. accumulation of cold air, mostly from â–ºcold air source areas, which flows down from upper slopes. 2. Flow of dense, often moist, stratified chilled air mass that moves by gravity to low points in the terrain usually within defined topographic or vegetated corridors); s corriente [m] de aire frÃo (Concentración de aire frÃo, generalmente procedente de â–ºzonas de aparición de corrientes de aire frÃo); f courant [m] d’air froid (Masses d’air froid, souvent en provenance des zones â–ºsource d’alimentation en air froid se déplaçant le long des pentes ou vers une dépression de terrain) ; syn. flux [m] d’air froid ; g Kaltluftfluss [m] (Ansammlung kalter Luft, meist aus â–ºKaltluftentstehungsgebieten, die hangabwärts oder in eine Geländevertiefung fließt); syn. Kaltluftabfluss [m], Kaltluftstrom [m].
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(2010). 890 cold air drainage [n]. In: Evert, KJ., Ballard (deceased), E.B., Elsworth, D.J., Oquiñena, I., Schmerber, JM., Stipe (deceased), R.E. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Landscape and Urban Planning. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76435-9_2081
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