What is Advection?
The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena such as temperature and humidity advection. In simple terms, it is the horizontal movement of heat from one region to another.
Glossary
The formation of fog when warm and moist air passes over a cool or cold surface or, conversely, when cold air passes over...
A body that has the property of absorbing all electromagnetic radiation falling on it, and therefore is the theoretical body...
Anticyclones are areas of high atmospheric pressure that bring hot, dry weather in the summer and cold fronts in the winter.
A large body of air having similar horizontal temperature and moisture characteristics.
The trapping of heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, which allows...
The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.
The situation where there is no advection because the constant pressure surfaces and temperature surfaces in the atmosphere...
A term used to identify clouds with a base height below 6,000 feet in the observer's direction. Stratiform clouds consist...
A line on a weather map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure, used to identify high and low-pressure systems.
Occurs when centers of high pressure and/or low pressure set up over a region in such a way that they prevent other weather...
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