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Numerous factors need to be taken into account when investigating regional scale meteorological processes; these are essentially linked to the dynamic and thermal characteristics of the atmosphere. Air flow will determine the speed and direction with which a meteorological variable will be transported and dispersed, while the thermal structure of the atmosphere will control the nature of the dispersion through local stability or instability, such as the presence of inversion layers which act as a “lid” and strongly inhibit vertical motion. Inversion situations are especially important for air quality problems, as poor dispersion and trapping of pollutants beneath the inversion will inevitably lead to poor local and regional air quality.
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Beniston, M., Schmetz, J. (1995). Thermodynamic and Radiative Processes in the Atmosphere. In: Gyr, A., Rys, FS. (eds) Diffusion and Transport of Pollutants in Atmospheric Mesoscale Flow Fields. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8547-7_3
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