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INVERSION ADVECTION [1 record]

Record 1 2022-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Air Pollution
DEF

A temperature inversion that arises when the surface cools the lowest air.

OBS

[An advection inversion can occur, for example, when] warm air blows over a cold ocean, or an onshore wind in Antarctica passes over ice colder than the sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Pollution de l'air
DEF

Inversion de température qui se produit lorsque la surface refroidit la couche inférieure de l'air.

OBS

[L'inversion d'advection] est plus marquée la nuit quand elle se combine à l'effet nocturne.

Spanish

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