Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,773,650,877 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

inversion
(redirected from temperature inversions)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia, Hutchinson 0.02 sec.


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
The November 2005 decision is also in line with the city's effort to combat heavy air pollution, which, due to temperature inversions, hangs in a cloud over the metropolis for three months of the year.
Also, when compared to near-surface air temperatures, the skin temperature can be used as a proxy for temperature lapse rate near the earth's surface, at times indicating the presence of low-level temperature inversions.
Atwood credited those rules with making a big difference and added that El Nino, the climatic effect in the Pacific Ocean, also helped by breaking up traditional weather patterns that contribute to hot sunny days and the smog-laden temperature inversions that result.
 
Legal browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Legal Dictionary
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.