Dark blue cloudy sky

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.

Schedule a Demo Today

A new era is starting with fundamentally new forecasting with unprecedented precision!

Contact Us

Glossary

The branch of science dealing with the laws of motion of air or other gases.

A cloud of irregular appearance, composed of irregular cloud fragments.

A bomb cyclone is a large mid-latitude storm that forms when a storm’s central pressure drops (i.e. “bombs out”), resulting...

A sudden electrostatic discharge during a thunderstorm between electrically charged regions of a cloud, between clouds, or...

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

A cold core high is a high-pressure system with cold air at its center. These systems are typically associated with clear...

A very cold high pressure that originates over the Arctic Ocean.

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

Thermodynamic changes occurring within a system without any exchange of heat with the surroundings. In the atmosphere, changes...