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Brookings effect
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English
Proper noun
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A weather phenomenon causing the temperature in Brookings, Oregon, near the Chetco River mouth, to be much higher than that of the surrounding area. adiabatic heating increases the temperature and reduces relative humidity as katabatic wind, driven by high pressure on the Great Basin, descends across the west slopes of the Cascade Range and Oregon Coast Range.