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convection  

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  • Transfer of heat through the physical movement of heated matter." , "[MESH] Transmission of energy or mass by a medium involving movement of the medium itself. The circulatory movement that occurs in a fluid at a nonuniform temperature owing to the variation of its density and the action of gravity. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed; Webster, 10th ed)

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  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

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  • source: http://remote-sensing.net/glossary.html

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21547

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