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What Is a Dust Storm?We note there is inconsistency in the definition and use of the term "dust storm" within different scientific communities (Comrie, 2021;Lei et al., 2016) and in the public vernacular. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) defines a dust storm as a blowing dust event that reduces visibility to 1 km or less (WMO, 2019). Operational weather warning in the USA National Weather Service (NWS) adopts more stringent criteria for defining a dust storm, including visib… Show more
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