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What is a temperature inversion?

What is a temperature inversion? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (meteorology) An atmospheric condition in which a cooler layer of air lies below a warmer layer of air that functions as a "ceiling" for the cooler layer, interfering with normal atmospheric circulation and trapping pollutants.
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This wind comes to us from the industrial areas of the Ruhr, which has large amounts of pollutants trapped in under the temperature inversion.
A temperature inversion is formed on still frosty nights and traps the emissions in a layer close to ground level.
Under synoptic conditions favorable for migration, broadfront movements of migrants toward the south passed over the mountains, often above a temperature inversion.
A temperature inversion would result at the top of the shallow layer, trapping any pollutants emitted into that layer.
A temperature inversion is enough to prevent the kind of mixing that is needed to overcome ground drag and transfer the momentum of winds aloft down to the surface.
Wet air flowing up from the Gulf rose above freezing air to the north forming a temperature inversion above the town.

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