fossil turbulence

fossil turbulence

[¦fäs·əl ′tər·byə·ləns]

(meteorology)

Inhomogeneities of temperature and humidity remaining in the air after the motion which produced them has subsided and the density has become uniform; causes scattering of radio waves, and lumpy clouds when air is rising.

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