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What is radiation inversion?

Updated: 9/15/2023
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It develops during the night when the ground cools by giving off long wave radiation. The air near the ground is cooled by contact with the ground, and this layer eventually gets cooler than the air higher up. The inversion layer is enhanced by the presence of a large high pressure above, which usually is dry and has only light winds(so there is not much horizontal or vertical mixing).

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