Asian dust

noun

Dust, sand, and other particulate matter from Mongolia, northern China, and Kazakhstan blown over China, Korea, and Japan in the spring.

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Meanings

nounAsian dust (uncountable)
  1. uncountableDust, sand, and other particulate matter from Mongolia, northern China, and Kazakhstan blown over China, Korea, and Japan in the spring.

    In this case, Asian dust was transported by a downward moving low pressure and the altitude of Asian dust was below 3km.

    2005, Nobuo Takeuchi, “Elastic Lidar Measurement of the Troposphere”, in Takashi Fujii, Tetsuo Fukuchi, editors, Laser Remote Sensing, CRC Press, page 81

Translations

Finnish Aasian pöly
  • Aasian pölydust blown over east Asia
Japanese 黄砂
  • 黄砂 (kōsa)dust blown over east Asia
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