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Sea of fog riding the coastal marine layer through the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco, California
Afternoon smog within a coastal marine layer in West Los Angeles

A marine layer is an air mass that develops over the surface of a large body of water, such as an ocean or large lake, in the presence of a temperature inversion. The inversion itself is usually initiated by the cooling effect of the water on the surface layer of an otherwise warm air mass.[1]

  1. ^ "The Marine Layer". 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2007-10-22.

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Marine layer

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A marine layer is an air mass that develops over the surface of a large body of water, such as an ocean or large lake, in the presence of a temperature...

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June Gloom

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between mid-morning and early afternoon, depending on the strength of the marine layer and the distance of the location from the Pacific Ocean, and gives way...

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San Francisco fog

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This water vapor contributes to the development of what is called a marine layer near the surface of the ocean. Along the California coast, the prevailing...

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Layer

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Look up layer or layers in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Layer or layered may refer to: Layers (Kungs album) Layers (Les McCann album) Layers (Royce...

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Ocean

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the top layer of the ocean (the photic zone) is crucial for its marine productivity, any changes to the pH value and temperature of the top layer can have...

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Fog

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fog layer is largely determined by the altitude of the inversion boundary, which in coastal or oceanic locales is also the top of the marine layer, above...

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Ozone layer

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The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. It contains a high concentration...

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Saharan air layer

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the boundary between the SAL and the marine layer suppresses or "caps" any convection originating in the marine layer. Since it is dry air, the lapse rate...

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Climate of San Diego

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experiences marine layer clouds, most often between May and August, which cause cool temperatures, cloudy weather and fog in the morning. Marine layer conditions...

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Marine stratocumulus

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surface cooling results in a large temperature inversion at the top of the marine layer. As the temperature is cooled to the dewpoint, water vapor condenses...

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Santa Ana winds

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cease, the cool and moist marine layer may re-form rapidly over the ocean if conditions are right. The air in the marine layer becomes very moist and very...

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Mesopelagic zone

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temperature variations are large; from over 20 °C (68 °F) at the upper layers to around 4 °C (39 °F) at the boundary with the bathyal zone. The variation...

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Catalina eddy

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The Catalina eddy wind pattern, also called the "coastal eddy" or "marine layer," is a localized weather phenomenon that occurs in the Southern California...

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Strelitzia nicolai

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areas of lower rainfall, provided the area is coastal or gets a decent marine layer throughout the year. These same such areas may also have drier, sandier...

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Neil Peart

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edition of Peart's website's News, Weather, and Sports, titled "Under the Marine Layer", he announced that he and Nuttall were expecting their first child....

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Acantholipan

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specimen, CPC 272, was found alongside another nodosaur, CPC 273, in a marine layer of the Pen Formation and dates from the Santonian. It consists of partial...

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Sea of clouds

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cooling at night in summer, or advection of cold air in winter or in a marine layer. The term Sea of Clouds (雲海) is a Chinese poetic term for the surroundings...

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Sea fog

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Sea fog may refer to: A marine layer, an air mass that develops over the surface of a large body of water in the presence of a temperature inversion Sea...

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Surface layer

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valid). The ocean has two surface layers: the benthic, found immediately above the sea floor and the marine surface layer, at the air-sea interface. A simple...

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Night King

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noting "It's wind, mist, fog and heavy atmosphere that you'd get in a marine layer. The dramatic value is to say something's wrong; it's a mystery what...

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Sky

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rain. Morning fog portends fair conditions and can be associated with a marine layer, an indication of a stable atmosphere. Rainy conditions are preceded...

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Nacre

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of nacre. Other mollusc families that have a nacreous inner shell layer include marine gastropods such as the Haliotidae, the Trochidae and the Turbinidae...

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Deep scattering layer

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deep scattering layer, sometimes referred to as the sound scattering layer, is a layer in the ocean consisting of a variety of marine animals. It was...

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Blubber

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thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds, penguins, and sirenians. It was present in many marine reptiles...

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