partikelytornas
Partikelytornas, meaning particle tornadoes in Swedish, is a term used in some meteorological and aerosol-physics contexts to describe small-scale vortices in which suspended particles play a dominant role in the flow dynamics. They are not widely codified as a separate weather category, but the concept appears in discussions of particle-laden turbulence, dust and smoke plumes, and urban or industrial airflows.
Partikelytornas are thought to form where vertical air motions, wind shear, and high concentrations of aerosols
Detection relies on visual observation, video recording, and remote sensing. Ground-based cameras, drones, and lidar or
Partikelytornas are discussed as a specialized phenomenon within studies of particle-laden flows, dust entrainment, and smoke
See also: dust devils, tornado, aerosol physics, aerosol plumes.