Home > Earth and the Environment > Atmosphere and Weather > Weather and Climate: Terms and Concepts

Topic:haze

Visit our new topic page about haze

haze

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

haze suspension in the atmosphere of minute dust or salt particles that are not individually seen but that nevertheless reduce visibility. So-called damp haze and dry haze produce different optical effects because the particles of each are of different sizes, with the dry haze particles being smaller. Damp haze may develop from dry haze when water condenses on moisture-absorbing dry haze particles. Continuation of this condensation leads to the formation of fog . A hazy condition often occurs in the summer and affects large areas from cities to mountains. Such a haze is often caused by excessive amounts of pollutants resulting from combustion; for example, the Smoky Mountain haze in Tennessee is ascribed to sulfate particles.

Author not available, HAZE., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

	Haze of polyethylene films--effects of material parameters and clarifying agents.(Abstract) Polymer Engineering and Science; 5/1/2002; Andreassen, Erik Larsen, Age Nord-Varhaug, Katrin Skar, Merete Oysaed, Harry; 787 words ; INTRODUCTION The haze of a film is defined as the fraction of ... through a film decreases with increasing haze. The resolution of detail, a second criterion ... From a light scattering point of view, haze corresponds to larger scattering angles ... Read more
	Urban Householders' Assessment of the Causes, Responses, and Economic Impact of the 1998 Haze-Related Air Pollution Episode in Brunei Darussalam.(Statistical Data Included) ASEAN Economic Bulletin; 8/1/2001; Anaman, Kwabena A.; 787 words ; Introduction Haze-related air pollution episodes resulting ... during 1980, 1982-83, and 1994. However, the haze-related pollution episodes that occurred ... Brunei was particularly hit by the 1998 haze-related episode, leading to closure of schools ... Read more
	Strategies offer hope for management of haze, scars Ophthalmology Times; 2/15/1999; Melki, Samir A; 758 words ; ... the availability of diverse treatments, haze and scar are not as significant a problem ... Jackson reviewed the current understanding of haze, scarring, and undercorrection with PRK ... wound healing response with or without haze or scar," said Dr. Jackson, who is professor ... Read more
	If rhetoric could banish the haze ... New Straits Times; 8/18/2005; Syed Nadzri; 787 words ; ... Straits Times 08-18-2005 If rhetoric could banish the haze ... Byline: Syed Nadzri Edition: Main/Lifestyle Column ... Smoke- gets-in-your-eyes day" following the latest haze episode - something along the lines and in the same ... all the talk, pledges and promises about ending the haze that seem to have come ... Read more
	Radio's funny women // Haze and LaRue break new ground Chicago Sun-Times; 7/15/1997; LORI ROTENBERK; 787 words ; ... Chicago is temporarily silenced. Patti Haze has something in her mouth and it's clattering ... sidekick, Mary Pat LaRue, who sits across from Haze in the chilly WCKG-FM (105.3) studio in ... headphones looking like giant earmuffs, Haze and LaRue turn away from the microphones ... Read more