Advection
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000131
The predominately horizontal large-scale movement of air that causes changes in temperature or other physical properties. In oceanography, advection is the horizontal or vertical flow of sea water as a current.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-000131 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment |
| References | US Environmental Protection Agency; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Atmospheric circulation; Convection; Energy transfer; Fluid mechanics |
| Translations | Spanish: advección |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-000131",
"term": "Advection",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "The predominately horizontal large-scale movement of air that causes changes in temperature or other physical properties. In oceanography, advection is the horizontal or vertical flow of sea water as a current.",
"subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
"see_also": [
"atmospheric circulation",
"convection",
"energy transfer",
"fluid mechanics"
],
"references": [
"US Environmental Protection Agency",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "advección"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/advection/"
}
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