A subsidence inversion develops when:

A) the mixing layer gets deeper.
B) the air at the top of the mixing layer gets much colder.
C) warming, subsiding air of an anticyclone traps the turbulent zone near the ground.
D) air near the ground chills rapidly as radiation is emitted during the night.


C

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