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Why is a layer of pollution in the air more visible in winter than summer

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During winters the planetary boundary layer is thinner as the cooler air near the earth's surface is dense. The cooler air is trapped under the warm air above that forms a kind of atmospheric 'lid'. This phenomenon is called winter inversion

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