What Is Inversion?
A layer where the air gets warmer with height instead of cooler. It traps smoke, fog and pollution below it. In technical terms: A layer in which temperature increases with height, strongly stable; types include radiation (nocturnal), subsidence, frontal and elevated mixed-layer (capping) inversions.
Also called: Temperature Inversion
Inversion In Plain English
A layer where the air gets warmer with height instead of cooler. It traps smoke, fog and pollution below it.
The Technical Definition
A layer in which temperature increases with height, strongly stable; types include radiation (nocturnal), subsidence, frontal and elevated mixed-layer (capping) inversions.
