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What is advection?
Think about how wind affects the location of pollutants.
What does dispersion refer to?
Consider how pollutants mix with the air.
What does advection refer to?
Think about air traveling and how it carries pollutants.
True or False: Stability in the atmosphere helps pollutants rise.
Consider what happens to air when it is stable.
A factory emits pollutants at ground level in a stable air mass. Discuss how this affects the accumulation of pollutants in surrounding residential areas.
Consider how temperature inversions can trap pollutants.
Given an environmental lapse rate of -0.006 °C/m, analyze how this compares with the adiabatic lapse rate and its implications for pollutant dispersion.
Think about what happens to air parcels that don’t cool as quickly as they rise.
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