Hi Leonard.

07-Jul-03 03:54:03, Leonard Erickson wrote to Phil Marlowe



 PM>> And what exactly are inversion layers?

 LE> Layer of warm air acting as a "cap" over a layer of cooler air.

actually it's the inverse of that.

Air temperatuure normally decreases with altitude (because gravity slows
down the air particles) an inversion layer occurs wheenwarm air gets
trapped under a layer of cold air.  Los Angeles is a textbook example.

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