Surface inversion: Difference between revisions

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surface inversion

(Or ground inversion.) A temperature inversion based at the earth's surface; that is, an increase of temperature with height beginning at the ground level.

This condition is due primarily to greater radiative loss of heat at and near the surface than at levels above. Thus, surface inversions are common over land prior to sunrise and in winter over high-latitude continental interiors.

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-<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Or'' ground inversion.) A [[temperature inversion]] based at the earth's surface;  that is, an increase of [[temperature]] with height beginning at the ground level.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">This condition is due primarily to greater radiative loss of [[heat]] at and near the surface than  at levels above. Thus, surface inversions are common over land prior to [[sunrise]] and in winter  over high-latitude continental interiors.</div><br/> </div>
+<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Or'' ground inversion.) A [[temperature inversion]] based at the earth's surface;  that is, an increase of [[temperature]] with height beginning at the ground level.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">This condition is due primarily to greater radiative loss of [[heat]] at and near the surface than  at levels above. Thus, surface inversions are common over land prior to [[sunrise]] and in winter  over high-latitude continental interiors.</div><br/> </div>
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