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The middle portion of the daytime [[atmospheric boundary layer]] characterized by  convective [[thermals]] creating vigorous [[turbulence]] in a well-mixed region of vertically uniform  [[potential temperature]], [[wind speed]], and [[air pollution|pollutants]].<br/> This layer is above the [[radix layer|radix]] and [[surface layers]], and below the [[entrainment zone]] or [[capping inversion|capping  inversion]]. Within it, [[smoke plumes]] are observed to loop up and down as they blow [[downwind]].  It is [[static stability|statically unstable]], in spite of the [[adiabatic lapse rate]].
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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The middle portion of the daytime [[atmospheric boundary layer]] characterized by  convective [[thermals]] creating vigorous [[turbulence]] in a well-mixed region of vertically uniform  [[potential temperature]], [[wind speed]], and [[air pollution|pollutants]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">This layer is above the [[radix layer|radix]] and [[surface layers]], and below the [[entrainment zone]] or [[capping inversion|capping  inversion]]. Within it, [[smoke plumes]] are observed to loop up and down as they blow [[downwind]].  It is [[static stability|statically unstable]], in spite of the [[adiabatic lapse rate]].</div><br/> </div>
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Latest revision as of 03:36, 27 March 2024

The middle portion of the daytime atmospheric boundary layer characterized by convective thermals creating vigorous turbulence in a well-mixed region of vertically uniform potential temperature, wind speed, and pollutants.
This layer is above the radix and surface layers, and below the entrainment zone or capping inversion. Within it, smoke plumes are observed to loop up and down as they blow downwind. It is statically unstable, in spite of the adiabatic lapse rate.

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