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Marine layer
Air mass forming over a large body of water / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 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]
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