What is Blowing Dust Or Sand?

Air laden with sand and dust, common in areas devoid of permanent vegetation, especially deserts.

Glossary

A weather front where two air masses meet but neither is strong enough to move the other, often resulting in prolonged periods...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...

The mass of air surrounding the earth and bound to it more or less permanently by the earth's gravitational attraction.

A measure of how hot it feels when relative humidity is combined with the actual air temperature, often referred to as the...

The horizontal transport of any feature within the atmosphere due to the movement of air (wind). This includes phenomena...

A thermodynamic change process in the system without any exchange of heat or transfer of energy between systems. This process...

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere near the Earth's surface, significantly reducing visibility.

In a severe storm, with a swirling motion in its left rear quadrant, a vertically rotating column of air, often seen with...

The jet stream forming the boundary between tropical air and sub-tropical air, characterized by isothermal compression and...

The lowest level of a given cloud or cloud layer in the atmosphere, relative to the observer's position above the ground.

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