Which process maintains the upper troposphere's temperature inversion?

💡 Explanation

Latent heat convection causes warm, moist air to rise and release heat as it condenses; this released heat is transferred to the upper troposphere as air from latent heat sinks. Therefore, temperature increases rather than continuing to cool normally with altitude because of latent heat convection.

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