Which outcome occurs when katabatic winds encounter stable stratification?

💡 Explanation

A temperature inversion will start because adiabatic cooling makes katabatic winds colder than the overlaying air, preventing vertical mixing; therefore, a stable inversion forms rather than increased turbulent mixing at higher elevations related purely to mechanically-driven turbulence.

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