Measurements of Aerosol Size Distributions and Vertical Fluxes of Aerosols on Land Subject to Wind Erosion

Authors

Dale A. Gillette, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Irving H. Blifford Jr., National Center for Atmospheric Research
Charles R. Fenster, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Date of this Version

9-1972

Citation

1972 Authors

Comments

Journal of Applied Meteorology Volume 11

Abstract

To assess wind erosion as a source of atmospheric soil particles, vertical aerosol fluxes near the ground in an eroding field were computed by assuming a vertical transport mechanism similar to that for momentum. Aerosol gradients were measured by jet impactors located 1.5 and 6 m above the ground, and wind velocity gradients were measured by totalizing-three anemometers located 1.5, 3 and 6 m above the ground.

Information on the aerosol size distributions and quantity in the size range 0.3