verb
- to transport or carry (heat, matter, or other properties) by the bulk motion of a fluid
Usage: meteorology; physics
Examples
- Warm air masses advect moisture from the ocean inland.
- The wind will advect pollutants across the city.
- Ocean currents advect heat from tropical to polar regions.
- The storm system advected cold air southward.
- Atmospheric circulation patterns advect water vapor globally.
- The jet stream can advect weather systems rapidly across continents.