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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES > INVERSION HEIGHT

Preferred term

INVERSION HEIGHT  

Definition

  • The height of the layer in which air temperature increases with altitude, representing an "inversion" of the typical temperature decrease with height in the troposphere. (en)

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Change note

  • 2013-09-04 14:47:32.0 [epneff] Insert Concept add broader relation (INVERSION HEIGHT [4fa883a3-e312-4dbe-870e-3272de4ac76a,105805] - INVERSION HEIGHT [72304037-ce59-451a-beeb-4258f3db296a,86067]);
  • 2013-09-05 09:44:18.0 [epneff] insert Definition (id: null text: The height of the layer in which air temperature increases with altitude, representing an "inversion" of the typical temperature decrease with height in the troposphere.  language code: en);
  • 2013-09-05 09:48:42.0 [epneff] update Definition (Glossary of Weather and Climate, American Meteorological Society, 1996.);

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