temperature inversion

American  

noun

Meteorology.

1. inversion.

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temperature inversion British  

noun

1. meteorol an abnormal increase in temperature with height in the troposphere

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Etymology

Origin of temperature inversion

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Corey agreed, saying that during a temperature inversion, “sound from a concert venue that travels up into the warmer air layer and bends downward after passing over buildings and other obstacles reaching the ground miles away from the concert.”

From Los Angeles Times

Computer modeling yielded another surprise: the brown dwarf likely has a temperature inversion, a phenomenon in which the atmosphere gets warmer with increasing altitude.

From Science Daily

"We were pleasantly shocked when the model clearly predicted a temperature inversion," said co-author Ben Burningham from the University of Hertfordshire.

From Science Daily

Stefanie Sullivan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, attributed the poor air quality first and foremost to the “shallow” marine layer causing what is known as temperature inversion: Instead of temperatures decreasing with height, they increase.

From Los Angeles Times

The best model favored a temperature inversion, where the atmosphere got warmer with increasing altitude.

From Science Daily