
Thermal inversion
Thermal inversion is a term used to describe the condition in which air temperature increases, rather than decreases, with increasing altitude; the overlying layer of warmer air may then trap warm, rising, pollutant-laden gases.
Thermal inversion is a term used to describe the condition in which air temperature increases, rather than decreases, with increasing altitude; the overlying layer of warmer air may then trap warm, rising, pollutant-laden gases.