Engineering Board Exam Reviewer · Environmental Engineering · easy

A condition in which a layer of warm air traps cooler air near the ground, preventing pollutant dispersion, is called:

1. Temperature inversion
2. Adiabatic lapse
3. Greenhouse effect
4. Ozone depletion

Answer

A. Temperature inversion

Solution

Inversions worsen smog episodes.

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