What is the cause of sandstorm? What harm does sandstorm do to human beings? How to prevent sandstorms? Everybody help!

The weather situation favorable to strong winds or strong winds, favorable distribution of dust sources and favorable air instability conditions are the main reasons for the formation of sandstorms or strong sandstorms. Strong wind is the driving force of sandstorm, and the source of sandstorm is the material basis of sandstorm. Unstable thermal conditions are conducive to the increase of wind power and the development of strong convection, thus carrying more dust and winding it higher.

In addition, drought and lack of rain in the early stage, warming weather and rising temperature are the special weather and climate background for the formation of sandstorms; The convective cells before the ground cold front develop into clouds or squall lines, which is a small and medium-sized system conducive to the development and strengthening of sandstorms. The topographic condition conducive to the increase of wind speed, that is, the narrow tube effect, is one of the favorable conditions for the formation of sandstorms.

Hazards of sandstorm weather

1, ecological environment deterioration

When sandstorms occur, dust and floating dust carried by strong winds are everywhere, and the number of people passing through areas with air turbidity, choking nose and eyes, respiratory tract and other diseases increases. For example,1A serious sandstorm occurred in Jinchang on May 5, 993. The dust content in outdoor air is 10 16 mm/cm3, and the dust content in indoor air is 80 mm/cm3, which is 40 times higher than the national standard for dust content in living quarters.

2. Production and life are affected.

A lot of dust carried by sandstorm weather blocked the sun, and the weather was gloomy, which led to the decrease of solar radiation. A few hours to ten hours of poor visibility can easily make people feel depressed and reduce the efficiency of work and study. In light cases, a large number of livestock can be infected with respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases, and in severe cases, a large number of "spring-deficient" livestock will die, and fertile soil, seeds and seedlings in farmland will be scraped away. Sandstorm will also aggravate the wind erosion and desertification of the surface soil, cover thick dust on the leaves of plants, affect normal photosynthesis and cause crop yield reduction.

3. Loss of life and property

1On May 5, 1993, severe sandstorms occurred in Jinchang, Wei Wu, Minqin, Baiyin and other cities in Gansu Province, affecting 2,535,500 mu of farmland, losing 42,800 trees, resulting in a direct economic loss of 236 million yuan, 50 people died and 0/53 people were seriously injured. On April 12, 2000, strong sandstorms occurred in Yongchang, Jinchang, Wei Wu and Minqin. According to incomplete statistics, the direct economic losses of Jinchang and Wei Wu alone amounted to15.34 million yuan.

4, traffic safety (plane, car and other traffic accidents)

Sandstorm weather often affects traffic safety, causing planes to fail to take off or land normally, and making cars and train carriages rupture, stop or derail.

How to prevent sandstorm

1. Strengthen environmental protection and raise it to the height of legal system.

2. Restore vegetation, strengthen biological protection system and prevent sandstorms. Protect and restore forest and grass vegetation according to law, prevent further expansion of land desertification, and minimize dust sources.

3. According to the local conditions in different regions, formulate disaster prevention, disaster prevention and relief plans, actively promote various disaster reduction technologies, and build model projects, gradually promote them from point to area, and further improve the regional comprehensive defense system.

4. The long-term predatory exploitation of natural resources has caused serious damage to the natural ecological environment, and the deterioration of the environment has provided a rich source of dust for sandstorms.

5. Control population growth, reduce the pressure of human factors on land and protect the environment.

6. Strengthen the popular science propaganda on the relationship between the occurrence and harm of sandstorms and human activities, and make people realize that once the living environment is destroyed, it will be difficult to recover, which will not only aggravate natural disasters such as sandstorms, but also form a vicious circle, and people should consciously protect their living environment.