temperature inversion
temperature inversion An atmospheric condition in which the typical
lapse rate is reversed and temperature increases vertically through a given layer. In the
troposphere an inversion layer marks conditions of great stability, i.e. a region in which vertical motion is strongly damped, with an absence of turbulence. An inversion acts as a ceiling, preventing further upward convection, and is generally the limit for cloud development. Marked and persistent inversions occur at lower levels, with subsiding air in major anticyclonic cells, such as the
Azores high-pressure zone and cold
anti-cyclones over continents. See also
ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; and
ENVIRONMENTAL LAPSE RATE.
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Temperature Inversions in the Subarctic North Pacific
Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...masses including temperature minima at the top of the inversion are more directly...maxima, and of temperature inversions, is poorly understood...examined the number of inversion layers in a single...that temperature inversions occur over the...
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Characteristics of Satellite-Derived Clear-Sky Atmospheric Temperature Inversion Strength in the Arctic, 1980-96
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...level atmospheric temperature inversion is a dominant feature...distribution of temperature inversions. Satellite-borne...Knowledge of inversion characteristics is...characteristics of polar temperature inversions based on radiosonde...However, temperature ...
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A quality-control procedure for surface temperature and surface layer inversion in the XBT data archive from the Indian Ocean
Magazine article from: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology; 7/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...erroneous bucket temperatures results in poor...taking 5-m XBT temperature as an extrapolation...al. 1993). Inversion-like features...and Oyashio, temperature inversions are not unusual...temperature inversions were reported...to find out an inversion filter ...
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Detection and Analysis of Clear-Sky, Low-Level Atmospheric Temperature Inversions with MODIS
Magazine article from: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...by temperature inversions throughout most...level temperature inversions using the Moderate...relationship between the inversion strength, defined as the temperature difference across...between brightness temperatures in the 7.2...80-0.97. Inversion depth can be...With ...
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Minimum Temperatures, Diurnal Temperature Ranges, and Temperature Inversions in Limestone Sinkholes of Different Sizes and Shapes
Magazine article from: Journal of Applied Meteorology; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...ranges, temperature inversion strengths, and vertical temperature gradients. Data...finding is that temperatures were similar in...e., nighttime temperature inversions) that form regularly...cover, found air temperatures as low as -30...impressive 20C inversion over a ...
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Wintertime evolution of the temperature inversion in the Colorado Plateau basin
Magazine article from: Journal of Applied Meteorology; 8/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...persistent potential temperature inversions form in this basin...dissipation of these inversions are investigated using...90. In winter, inversion evolution is forced...induced nocturnal inversion is destroyed nearly...pools or temperature inversions in basins and valleys...
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Temperature inversions put a lid on air pollution
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/24/1998; ; 428 words
; ...With plenty of sunshine today and temperatures in the 60s, be sure to get out and...aloft can produce what is called a temperature inversion. This is a situation where it actually...as you climb in the atmosphere. Inversions trap air pollution. When air tries...flattening out or even falling ...
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A Look at the Surface-Based Temperature Inversion on the Antarctic Plateau
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...relationships of temperature and inversion strength in the lowest...are found in the temperature versus longwave flux...determined. The minimum temperatures and the maximum inversions tend to occur not...likely due to the inversion wind. This inversion...northeast quadrant. ...
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Climatological Description of Seasonal Variations in Lower-Tropospheric Temperature Inversion Layers over the Indochina Peninsula
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...understand the behavior of temperature inversion layers, that is...inversion layers (hereafter inversion layers) frequently develop...the rainy season, but the inversion layers have not been systematically studied. These inversion layers are considerably higher than those of the ...
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Haze attributed to temperature inversion
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 7/8/2006; ; 420 words
; ...Hannastown south through Greensburg and Youngwood was probably a temperature inversion. "It occurs when the ground and lower air are significantly...where that haze was reported. It all contributes to an inversion," Humphreys said.
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temperature inversion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
temperature inversion condition in which the temperature of the atmosphere increases...reach the warmer, less dense air in the upper layers of a temperature inversion. During a temperature inversion, air pollution released into the atmosphere...
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Atmospheric Inversion Layers
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...atmosphere in which an increase in temperature , humidity , or precipitation...be expected, there is an inversion, or reversal. An atmospheric inversion most commonly refers to temperature inversion where the temperature increases...hundred meters of the ground. Inversions can ...
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inversion
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...of being inverted: the inversion of the normal domestic...alternating current. 2. (also temperature inversion or thermal inversion...normal decrease of air temperature with altitude, or of water temperature with depth. ∎...
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radiation inversion
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
radiation inversion A temperature inversion in the lower atmosphere which is due to radiation cooling of the ground at night. See also radiation night .
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surface inversion
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
surface inversion A temperature inversion in the lower atmospheric layers, extending upwards from the Earth's surface. The condition results, for example, from radiation cooling of the ground and the air above, or from advection of warm air over cold surfaces.
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