radiation fog

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radiation fog [‚rād·ē′ā·shən ‚fäg]

(meteorology)

A major type of fog, produced over a land area when radiational cooling reduces the air temperature to or below its dew point; thus, strictly, a nighttime occurrence, although the fog may begin to form by evening twilight and often does not dissipate until after sunrise.

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