advection

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Fractional kinetic equations of the diffusion, diffusion-advection, and Fokker-Planck type are presented as a useful approach for the description of transport dynamics in complex systems which are governed by anomalous diffusion and non-exponential relaxation patterns.

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  1. noun The transfer of a property of the atmosphere, such as heat, cold, or humidity, by the horizontal movement of an air mass: Today's temperatures were higher due to the advection of warm air into the region.
  2. noun The rate of change of an atmospheric property caused by the horizontal movement of air.
  3. noun The horizontal movement of water, as in an ocean current.

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  • Fractional kinetic equations of the diffusion, diffusion-advection, and Fokker-Planck type are presented as a useful approach for the description of transport dynamics in complex systems which are governed by anomalous diffusion and non-exponential relaxation patterns. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The Arctic Ocean lost additional (sic) 10\% of its total ice mass in which 70\% is due directly to the amplified melting and 30\% to the unusual ice advection, causing the unprecedented ice retreat. —  Grist - the Latest from Grist
  • The advection-dominated accretion flow+thin accretion disk model for two low-luminosity active galactic nuclei: M81 and NGC4579 —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • These can act as a conduit for the advection of aerosols and favor the transport of continental aerosols in the higher levels (> 2 km) into the oceans without entering the marine boundary layer below. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • This will lead to some weak warm advection, and with the wind speed less than Wednesday, the feel on the body will be more than just a few degrees warmer Thursday afternoon. —  MATTNOYES.NET - Weather Website & Blog
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  1. Latin advectiō, advectiōn-, act of conveying, from advectus, past participle of advehere, to carry to : ad-, ad- + vehere, to carry; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.
 

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