Advection
Climate Change
The horizontal transport of an atmospheric property (e.g., temperature, moisture) solely by the wind; also, the rate of change of the value of the advected property at a given point due solely to wind transport.
- — ARM Climate Research Glossary retrieved 2014-06-12
Advection The horizontal transfer of air mass properties by the velocity field of the atmosphere.
Weather
(Abbrev. ADVCTN)- Transport of an atmospheric property by the wind.