Lithometeor

Lithometeors are meteors that are observed in the atmosphere on the earth's surface or in the sky in the field of meteorology.^[1] The name is derived from “litho”, ancient Greek λίθος [líthos] for “stone” (note: including in the sense of sand and dust), and “meteor”, from ancient Greek μετέωρος [metéōros], “floating in the air”. Unlike electrometeors, hydrometeors and photometeors, they are associated with suspended particles that are not made of water.^[2] Solid and liquid components of the atmosphere in whose composition water plays no or at least almost no role are also referred to as aerosols.^[3]

Large ash cloud from the Mount Redoubt volcano.

Lithometeor at sunset in Berlin on February 25, 2021, cloudless sky with Saharan dust.

The following phenomena are lithometeors:^[4]

• Ash cloud
• Smoke
• Micrometeorites
• Dust storm
• Haze
• Tornado

External links

• Lithometeore, Deutscher Wetterdienst German