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Well, until there's a better word, I heard from a professor at the University of Miami who wrote about what to call those who study dust, so I thought I'd wipe the dust off this old question from last week. Here's what Dr. Prospero writes:
People who study dust are usually scientists whose research focuses on the
properties of suspended particles in the atmosphere. They are typically
refered to as "aerosol scientists", an aerosol being a fine suspended
particle in the atmosphere.
Professor Joseph Prospero, University of Miami
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Thanks for the memories, Consuelo.  "Mrs. Mike" was one of my favorite books (when I was a great deal younger) but I haven't thought of it in years. Have a feeling if I look hard enough I could find my much-read, brittle-paged, taped-together paperback somewhere in the attic. Would be interesting to read it again from my current vantage point in life.
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But a person who studies winds is probably a meteorologist.
Aw, TEd, you got it wrong; a meaty urologist is a corpulent physician.
Why hasn't anyone mentioned the four winds of ancient times, i.e. Boreas, Auster, Euros, and Zehpyros? We've been anthropomorphising winds for some time, it seems, and it gets really personal when we realise that the air is more turbulent around state capitols - at least in the US!
One more wind: The Santa Anna, a dry east wind off the Mojave Desert that blows into Southern California..
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will not prick your finger.
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Here's a list of the dust and winds we've mentioned:
from Mrs. Byrne
khamsin n. -- an Egyptian dust storm
from Geoff:
Boreas
Auster
Euros
Zehpyros
The Santa Anna Edit: Santa Ana Thanks, Bill = a dry east wind off the Mojave Desert that blows into Southern California..
from Dr. Propsero
aerosol scientists = scientists who study dust & aerosols
from Gene Shinn via Gymkhana
aeropolvology = coined word for study of aerosols and dust
from wwh
Föhn". = a wind causing emotional problems
from wow
La Mistral = southern wind in France
Kona winds = October winds in Hawaii
from Bean
Chinook = winds in Calgary and S Alberta
Chinook arch = black clouds in an arch
from Keiva
The Hawk = biting winter wind off Lake Michigan
from Stales
sirocco = cures pork
from wow
The Montreal Express, the Nor'Easter = New England
from tsuwm
(some repetition)
sirocco = hot southerly wind which blows in Tunisia
chili
khamsin = these first three from tsuwm he describes as being strong southerly winds
leveche samiel = strong, southerly, hot, dust-lade winds of southeastern Spain
from Stales
"The Fremantle Doctor" = a strong sea breeze we get in Perth in summer
Wordwind = a sometimes northerly, sometimes southerly,
often multi-directional body of sometimes hot, sometimes
cold, usually phlegmatic wind of random words batting each other in patterns that completely defy all known studies of thermodynamics. This wind, which emanates from Rocky Run, VA, USA, often brings symptoms of mania and/or depression in the human beings and other unfortunate creatures it encounters. Acts of rage resulting from contact with this wind are never litigated.
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Forgive me, but "Santa Anna" should read "Santa Ana"
The Santa Ana is a hot, dry, dusty wind in southwestern California that blows westward through the canyons toward the coastal areas during spring and late fall. The wind has its origin in the relatively stable, high-pressure weather system called the Great Basin High that usually exists over southern Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and eastern California. The Great Basin High is characterized by a slow but giant clockwise flow of air that is prevented from expanding eastward by the Rockies and westward by the Sierras.
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"Offshore" flow occurs when the pressure is higher over the land than over the ocean, often resulting in north-east winds over Southern California. This is also referred to as the Santa Ana effect, or the Santa Ana winds. The terrain here often enhances the offshore breezes because as the winds are forced through the narrow canyons, they increase in speed. This is referred to as the Bernoulli effect. This is why during Santa Ana's, some places will have winds exceeding 50 mph and others will have almost nothinghttp://www.kfwb.com/news/local/santaana.htmlThanks, Bill. Now to consider the Bernoulli effect... WindWard
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BERNOULLI EFFECT
The pressure is lower in a moving fluid than in a stationary fluid. This effect is called the Bernoulli effect.
If you put the convex side of a spoon into a smooth stream of water from the faucet, you will feel the
spoon pulled into the stream. The higher pressure outside the moving fluid pushes the spoon into the
lower pressure water.
A ball balances in a stream of air from a blower. The ball is strongly held in the lower pressure stream of
air.
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Subject: Re: a meaty urologist
will not prick your finger.
But might proctor the "ology" quiz?
On another note, I recently found a business called Viagrafix. I read it as Viagra fix. It must truly be an upstanding business.
BTW, Wordwind, you left yourself off your list of winds! Aeolus would be miffed!
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Dear Geoff: you are confused. An urologist does not prick your finger, he does vice versa.
And a proctor stands behind you during his exam.
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