Mountain waves can produce turbulence:

Only below mountain top level

Only in the rotor zone

From the surface to well above the tropopause

Correct

Only within clouds

Explanation

Mountain waves can extend from the surface to well above the tropopause; the rotor zone near mountain level is the most turbulent, but wave energy can propagate to very high altitudes.

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