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Fumigation


   Weather TermDescription / Definition
   Fumigation A pattern of plume dispersion produced when a convective boundary layer grows upward into a plume trapped in a stable layer. The elevated plume is suddenly brought downward to the ground, producing high surface concentrations.


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