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• advection fog — Meteorol. fog caused by the movement of warm, moist air over a cold surface. [1940 45] * * * advection fog, a fog that occurs when a body of relatively warm, moist air moves over a cold surface: »Advection fogs often form in the Newfoundland… …   Useful english 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 — 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 — 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 fog — Meteorol. fog caused by the movement of warm, moist air over a cold surface. [1940 45] * * * …   Universalium

• advection fog — /ədˈvɛkʃən fɒg/ (say uhd vekshuhn fog) noun Meteorology a fog formed when a mass of warm moist air moves laterally over a colder ground surface and is cooled to below its dewpoint …  

• cold advection — The process of advection (transfer of heat by horizontal motion) when cold air mass replaces a warm air mass …   Aviation dictionary

• climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …   Universalium

• Omega equation — The omega equation is of great importance in meteorology and atmospheric physics. It is a partial differential equation for the vertical velocity, ω, which is defined as a Lagrangian rate of change of pressure with time, that is, . The equation… …   Wikipedia

• Weather map — A surface weather analysis for the United States on October 21, 2006. A weather map displays various meteorological features across a particular area at a particular point in time.[1] Such maps have been in use since the mid 19th century and are… …   Wikipedia

• Hodograph — A hodograph is a diagram that gives a vectorial visual representation of the movement of a body or a fluid. It is the locus of one end of a variable vector, with the other end fixed. [Cite web title = AMS Glossary of Meterology : Hodograph… …   Wikipedia