Dust emission variability at the Salton Sea, California, USA

Quantifying dust emissions from desert landforms, eastern Mojave Desert, USA

“…PI-SWERL measurements were taken mostly in summer months between 2005 and 2009. Only measurements taken at the Salton Sea were repeated over several seasons (see King et al, 2011). Typical protocol involved taking at least three PI-SWERL measurements at different locations on a particular landform in order to get a basic assessment of the potential range of emissions.…”

Wind erosion potential for fugitive dust sources in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region

“…S-1 and S-2) and applied in this study, is more amenable to sampling in remote or confined areas typical of many mining operations. PI-SWERL measurements have shown comparability with larger wind tunnels (Sweeney et al, 2008) and are being used in a growing number of fugitive dust evaluation and control applications (Bacon et al, 2011;Buck et al, 2011;China and James, 2012;Etyemezian et al, 2014;Goossens and Buck, 2009;Kavouras et al, 2009;King et al, 2011;Kuhns et al, 2010;Neuman et al, 2009;Sweeney et al, 2011). This study examines fugitive dust suspension potential and emission rates (fluxes) within and around mining operations in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) of northeastern Alberta, Canada.…”

Controls on mineral dust emissions at four arid locations in the western USA

“…Although the Ft. Carson, Sample 1 (Table 5) also has a high silt component (52%), the re-suspendability is being constrained by the binding capability of the higher (26%) clay content, which provides cohesion of the silt sized particles. King et al (2011) found silt/clay sites along the shoreline of the Salton Sea to be significant sources of PM 10 , depending on the availability of saltating sand-size particles to impact and aid in releasing the fine dust.…”