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advection
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advection
the transference of heat energy in a horizontal stream of gas, esp of air

advection [‚ad′vek·shən]
(meteorology)
The process of transport of an atmospheric property solely by the mass motion of the atmosphere.
(oceanography)
The process of transport of water, or of an aqueous property, solely by the mass motion of the oceans, most typically via horizontal currents.


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is introducing AquaBlok+(TM) in situ horizontal reactive barrier (hPRB) technology as a means of mitigating both the diffusive and advective flux of various constituents from contaminated sediments to an overlying surface water column.
* This process is based on the concept that the motion of quasi-stationary or backward-propagating convective systems can be found as the sum of the advective component, defined by the mean motion of the cells comprising the system, and the propagation component, defined by the rate and location of new cell formation relative to existing cells.
It is believed that low-level advective processes and cyclogenesis played a larger role in the 1978 event leading to the higher snowfall totals and longer duration of greater wind speeds.
 
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