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Title: DUST DEPOSITION NEAR AN ERODING SOURCE FIELD

Author
item Hagen, Lawrence
item Zobeck, Teddy
item Van Pelt, Robert - Scott
item RETTA, AMARE - KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Submitted to: Meeting Proceedings
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/19/2005
Publication Date: 4/19/2005
Citation: Hagen, L.J., Zobeck, T.M., Van Pelt, R.S., Retta, A. Dust deposition near an eroding source field. Oral presentation at the Biological and Agricultural Engineering seminar. Kansas State University; Manhattan, Kansas. 21 April 2005.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Dust deposition samplers were constructed from inverted flying disks attached to unilets and electrical conduits. Wind tunnel tests showed a fine screen placed over a porous mat in the bottom of each sampler was necessary to prevent blowout of trapped dust particles. Twelve samplers were installed along 3 transects near a vegetated surface within 200 m of a 6-ha bare, Amarillo fine sandy loam, source field at Big Spring, TX. Dust deposition data from individual storms were collected for 3 erosion seasons. Both particle size and deposition mass of dust decreased with distance from the source field. Model predictions of dust deposition were compared to measured for a number of erosion events. Based on these results, estimates of pollution potential from dust deposition near source fields are discussed.