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A short comment on the modelling of the growth of atmospheric inversion layers

Eine Bemerkung zur Modellbildung für das Anwachsen atmosphärischer Inversionsschichten

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A simple theoretical comparison is carried out between the phenomenon of the evolution of mixed layers in laboratory experiments and in actual geophysical situations. The relative importance of the inversion layers in the atmosphere is evidentiated in contrast with the negligible role played by the inversion layer in laboratory experiments as long as the effect of radiated gravity waves is taken into account.

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Es wird ein einfacher theoretischer Vergleich zwischen dem Phänomen der Entwicklung von Mischungsschichten in Laboratoriumsexperimenten und in wirklichen geophysikalischen Situationen durchgeführt. Die relative Wichtigkeit von Inversionschichten in der Atmosphäre wird im Kontrast zur vernachlässigbaren Rolle dargelegt, die die Inversionsschicht bei Laboratoriumsexperimenten spielt, solange der Effekt von ausgestrahlten Schwerwellen in Betracht gezogen wird.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá di Bologna, Viale Berti-Pichat 8, I-41100, Bologna, Italy

    C. Pellacani & S. Rambaldi

  2. Istituto di Matematica, Universitá di Ancona, Italy

    R. Lupini

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Lupini, R., Pellacani, C. & Rambaldi, S. A short comment on the modelling of the growth of atmospheric inversion layers. Arch. Met. Geoph. Biocl. A. 33, 49–53 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02265429

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