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advection frost

The occurrence of frost as a result of the horizontal transport (advection) of a cold air mass with air temperature below 0°C. This type of frost is responsible for causing damage to agricultural areas of south Florida and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas during cold polar outbreaks. Compare radiation fog.

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