Today it was very hazy out. I know the difference between a Hazy day and a Smoggy day. Smog has a more brownish thicker color. Haze is very silvery, it even makes the whole surrounding environment silvery, it gives everything in sight outdoors a silvery tint.
Smog usually happens on a warm to hot day with very little to no winds. It's a thicker well distinct brown color with an outline and you can see it better, almost like clouds.
Haze on the other hand looks just like the Marine layer. Only it's closer to the ground.
So what causes this haze? Is it the evaporation of salt water off the coastlines? Or what? What weather conditions does it take for Haze to form?
2007-03-15 15:06:26 · 5 answers · asked by AviTech 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Even before Europeans arrived, the LA basin had a reputation for haze. Because it's in a valley and the cold water off shore is cooler than the air temperature, there's not much circulation. Aside from smoke, soot and dust stirred up by people, pines release terpenes, which react with ozone to make a smog. Even some algae produce produce smog (see below).
2007-03-15 15:21:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the haze is water vapor in the air which is remnants of the marine layer that burns off in the daytime heating.
2007-03-16 17:14:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Temperature inversion - hot air on the bottom, cold air on top. Smog or 'haze' - call it what you want!
2007-03-16 00:20:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over a million cars, buses, planes and trains
2007-03-16 11:30:45 · answer #4 · answered by Alex 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
particles in the air of pollen and such also volcanic ativity around the world can cause that too
2007-03-15 22:14:17 · answer #5 · answered by undercovernudist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋