advection

From: A Dictionary of Geography | Date: 2004| Author: | Copyright information

advection The movement of a quality, such as heat, or humidity, due to the flow of the fluid possessing that property. In meteorology, the term is usually applied to the horizontal transfer of heat (compare ...

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