Warm advection occurs when the

a. wind veers (changes direction in a clockwise manner) with height.
b. wind backs (changes direction in a counterclockwise manner) with height.
c. isotherms are parallel to the winds.
d. wind veers with height and the isotherms are parallel to the winds.
e. Sun angle is 90 degrees.


ANSWER: a

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