Abstract: A method is given to estimate the shape factor (K) of the Weibull distribution directly from wind observations, without iteration, plotting, or sorting of data. The estimate is of comparable accuracy as that given by the ...

Abstract: Fast-response light scattering measurements at two heights during a Texas dust storm are combined with horizontal and vertical wind data to derive and compare aerosol flux estimates using three techniques. The major result ...

Abstract: A series of aerosol samples was collected using a three-stage impactor at altitudes to 10 km from locations near Scottsbluff, Neb., Death Valley, Calif., and over the Pacific Ocean about 250 km west of Santa Barbara, Calif. ...

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 ...

Abstract: A better understanding of the effects of precipitation and source area on blowing dust in the Sonoran Desert has been sought through the study of 1190 dust episodes occurring during the 1948?78 time period at Blythe, ...

Abstract: Within areas of the Chihuahuan Desert dominated by honey mesquite bushes (Prosopis glandulosa), soil erosion causes open eroded patches and the formation of large coppice dunes. The airflow patterns around the dunes and ...