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Answer for the clue "(meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties ", 9 letters:
advection

Word definitions for advection in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In physics , engineering , and earth sciences , advection is the transport of a substance. The properties of that substance are carried with it. Most generally the advected substance is a fluid. The properties that are carried with the advected substance ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context earth science chemistry English) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc. 2 The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.

Usage examples of advection.

Coming down the High Sierras slope, they ran into a large area of fog of the advection type.

He looked around sharply, at the empty street and the river blurred in cottony advection fog.