horizontal advection

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• advection — [ advɛksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • mil. XXe; lat. advectio « transport » ♦ Didact. Déplacement d une masse d air dans le sens horizontal. Météor. Brouillard d advection. ⊗ CONTR. Convection. ● advection nom féminin (latin advectio) Déplacement horizontal d… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Advection — Advection, in chemistry, engineering and earth sciences, is a transport mechanism of a substance, or a conserved property, by a fluid, due to the fluid s bulk motion in a particular direction. An example of advection is the transport of… …   Wikipedia

• advection — [ad vek′shən] n. [ AD + (CON)VECTION] the transference of heat by horizontal currents of air advective [ad vek′tiv] adj …   English World dictionary

• advection —   horizontal transfer of heat by a horizontally moving air mass …   Geography glossary

• advection — advective, adj. /ad vek sheuhn/, n. 1. Meteorol. the horizontal transport of atmospheric properties (distinguished from convection). 2. the horizontal flow of air, water, etc. [1905 10; < L advection (s. of advectio), equiv. to advect(us), ptp.… …   Universalium

• Advection — L advection est le transport d une quantité scalaire ou vectorielle conservée, par un champ vectoriel. Un exemple est le transport de matière polluante par le flux d une rivière. En météorologie et en océanographie, l advection se réfère surtout… …   Wikipédia en Français

• advection — A method of heat transfer by horizontal movement of air or fluid. Unlike convection, where heat transfer takes place because of vertical movement, here the horizontal movement is the cause. When cold air comes into contact with warm ground or… …   Aviation dictionary

• advection — n. horizontal current, horizontal flow (of air, water, etc.); horizontal movement of weather and atmospheric properties (Meteorology); rate of horizontal current …   English contemporary dictionary

• advection — noun Etymology: Latin advection , advectio act of bringing, from advehere to carry to, from ad + vehere to carry more at way Date: 1910 the usually horizontal movement of a mass of fluid (as air or an ocean current); also transport (as of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• advection fog — A type of fog that results from air being cooled following its horizontal movement. This could result from either cold air passing across a warmer sea or water surface while mixing with warm air prevailing there, or the air becoming chilled by… …   Aviation dictionary

• advection — /ədˈvɛkʃən/ (say uhd vekshuhn) noun 1. the transfer of heat by horizontal movements of air, water or other fluids; horizontal convection. 2. such a horizontal movement. {Latin advectio a carrying} …