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Inversion
(redirected from thermal inversions)

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Inversion
A Spanish term for investment.


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This has the effect of creating a local micro-climate capable of creating thermal inversions and acid rain.
Those air polluting bouts colloquially referred to as the "black cloud" occur during the fall season when the wind decreases and thermal inversions occur more frequently; the warm air holds down the cold air, preventing pollutants from rising and scattering.
This has the effect of creating a micro-climate effect that leads to phenomena such as thermal inversions.
 
 
 
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