Agenda
1. Inversion Inquiry Lab
2. Ch. 16 Sec 2 Lecture
If you’ve ever hiked up a mountain, you may have noticed that it is
often cooler at higher elevations. Sometimes, however, the air at the
top of a mountain is noticeably warmer than the air at the bottom.
The warm air traps the colder surface air.
Questions
1. How can you tell that there is not a lot of air movement in this picture?
2. What will happen when the Sun warms the lower air?
3. What would happen if there were pollutants near the ground?
1. Inversion Inquiry Lab
2. Ch. 16 Sec 2 Lecture
If you’ve ever hiked up a mountain, you may have noticed that it is
often cooler at higher elevations. Sometimes, however, the air at the
top of a mountain is noticeably warmer than the air at the bottom.
The warm air traps the colder surface air.
Questions
1. How can you tell that there is not a lot of air movement in this picture?
2. What will happen when the Sun warms the lower air?
3. What would happen if there were pollutants near the ground?