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Cold Advection
cold air moves into a warmer region

Cold advection is the process in which the wind blows from a region of cold air to a region of warmer air. The following animation depicts a very simple example of cold advection. The horizontal lines are isotherms in degrees Fahrenheit and the arrows represent wind vectors. Winds are blowing from a region of cold air to a region of warmer air, which results in cooling of the warmer region. As the cold advection persists, temperatures in the warmer region will begin to decrease as the colder air moves into the region of warmer air.


Animation by: Van Dorn


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Credits and Acknowledgments for WW2010.
Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS) at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.