Asian dust

English

Noun

Asian dust (uncountable)

1. Dust, sand, and other particulate matter from Mongolia, northern China, and Kazakhstan blown over China, Korea, and Japan in the spring.
   • 2005, Nobuo Takeuchi, “Elastic Lidar Measurement of the Troposphere”, in Takashi Fujii, Tetsuo Fukuchi, editors, Laser Remote Sensing, CRC Press, page 81:

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

Translations

dust blown over east Asia

• Japanese: 黄砂 (ja) (kōsa)

See also

• Asian dust on Wikipedia.Wikipedia