Bise
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[edit] France
The bise is a northern wind, cold and generally dry
[edit] Switzerland
In Switzerland the bise blows from the north-east, above all during the winter months, and is due to a high-pressure cell north-west of Switzerland.[1] The effects of the bise are strongest in Geneva, situated in a narrow passage between the Jura mountains in the West and the Alps in the South. Many foreign travellers to this Swiss city have commented upon it.[2][3]
[edit] Etymology
The term entered Middle English from French bise. Its origin is unknown.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Martin Beniston, From Turbulence to Climate: Numerical Investigations of the Atmosphere, Springer 1998, ISBN 3540634959, p.186
- ^ Fredrika Bremer, Two Years in Switzerland and Italy, Hurst and Blackett 1861, p.258
- ^ The Century: A Popular Quarterly by Making of America Project, The Century Co. 1909, p.463
- ^ W. R. Trumble; A. Stevenson, eds.,Shorter Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press 2002
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