inversion layer

noun
a layer of the atmosphere in which there is a temperature inversion, with the layer tending to prevent the air below it from rising, thus trapping any pollutants that are present.
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The daily inversion layer has increased burning at night and suppressed intense
  burning during the day.
As this warm air rises, it erodes and raises the base of the inversion layer.
The atmosphere reacts in a similar manner forming waves of air on the edges of
  the inversion layer called turbulence.
Evolution of the nocturnal inversion layer at an urban and nonurban location.
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