inversion, thermal
In meteorology, a situation in which a layer of warm air (an inversion layer) lies over a layer of cool air.
notes for inversion, thermal
If an inversion occurs over a city, it results in
air pollution, because some pollutants, such as smoke or soot, which are usually removed by normal
weather processes, are held at the surface by the cool layer. (
See
smog.)
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