Foehn wind Foehn wind A föhn or foehn (, ) is a type of dry, warm, down-slope wind that occurs in the lee (downwind side) of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind that results from the subsequent adiabatic warming of air that has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes ("see" orographic lift). As a consequence of the different adiabatic lapse rates of moist and dry air, the air on the leeward slopes becomes warmer than equivalent elevations on the windward slopes. Föhn winds can raise temperatures by as much as 14 °C (25 °F) in just a
Single crossing condition ordered set. Such situations appear often in information economics, contract theory, social choice and political economics, among other fields. The term Single-Crossing Condition (Spence Mirrlees property) refers to the requirement that the isoutility curve for agents of different types cross only once. This condition guarantees that the transfer in a incentive-compatible direct mechanism can be pinned down by the transfer of the lowest type. This condition is similar to another condition called Strict Increasing Difference (SID). Formally, suppose the agent has a utility function formula_7, the SID says formula_8 we have formula_9. The Spence-Mirrlees Property is characterized by formula_10. Single