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How does inversion of temperature occur ? Explain its significance on local weather with suitable examples.

  • UPSC 2023
  • Climatology

In the troposphere temperature normally falls with height at an average environmental lapse rate of 6.5°C per 1,000 m; when temperature instead rises with height through a layer, the condition is an inversion of temperature (a negative lapse rate).

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  • How Inversions Occur
  • Radiation (Ground-Surface) Inversion
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