Dust Devil Formation

S. Rafkin; B. Jemmett-Smith; L. Fenton; R. Lorenz; T. Takemi; J. Ito; D. Tyler

doi:10.1007/s11214-016-0307-7

Dust Devil Formation

S. Rafkin, B. Jemmett-Smith, L. Fenton, R. Lorenz, T. Takemi, J. Ito, D. Tyler

SCI - Geophysics

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Abstract

The essential dynamical characteristic of convective vortices, including dust devils, is a highly localized vorticity tube that extends into the vertical. This chapter is concerned with both the generation of vorticity and the subsequent focusing of that vorticity into a tight vortex, and with the environmental conditions that are conducive to the formation of convective vortices in general and dust devils in particular. A review of observations, theory, and modeling of dust devil formation is provided.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	183-207
Number of pages	25
Journal	Space Science Reviews
Volume	203
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-016-0307-7
Publication status	Published - 2016 Nov 1

Keywords

Atmospheric dynamics
Dust devils
Earth atmosphere
Mars atmosphere

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