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INVERSION PERSISTENCE AT LONG KESH, NORTHERN IRELAND
Author(s) -
Sweeney J. C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1477-8696
pISSN - 0043-1656
DOI - 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1979.tb03405.x
Subject(s) - citation , inversion (geology) , northern ireland , library science , history , persistence (discontinuity) , computer science , geology , paleontology , ethnology , geotechnical engineering , structural basin
Air temperature normally falls with increasing height above ground level. Under certain meteorological conditions, however, the reverse can occur, producing a layer of air in which temperature increases with height. This phenomenon of an inversion of temperature in the boundary layer of the atmosphere can exert a strong control over ground-level concentrations of atmospheric pollutants by restricting the depth of air throughout which they are mixed. Accordingly it is significant in the field of industrial location, in particular chimney design, and merits special investigation as regards height, strength, persistence and frequency of occurrence.