Karif (wind)

The Karif is a wind that occurs mainly during the night during the summer monsoon on the southwest coast of the Arabian Peninsula . The wind often brings sand and heat from central Africa to the Gulf of Aden .

He is the namesake of the Maserati Karif sports car .

See also

• Winch and wind systems .

Web link

• Karif at wind-lexikon.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ John E. Oliver: Encyclopedia of World Climatology . 2008, ISBN 978-1-4020-3264-6 , pp. 467–475 , entry under Local Winds ( limited preview in Google Book search).