Determination of efficiency of Vaseline slide and Wilson and Cooke sediment traps by wind tunnel experiments

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 741-750

  Youssef, Feras ^a   Erpul, Gunay ^a   Bogman, Pieter ^b   Cornelis, Wim M ^b   Gabriels, Donald ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Trap efficiency; Vaseline slide catcher; Wilson and Cooke catcher; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

SAND PARTICLES; WIND EROSIONS; WIND SPEED (WS); WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS; WIND VELOCITIES;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT TRAP; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48249149141     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1027-9     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. SC Alfaro L Gomes 2001 Modeling mineral aerosol production by wind erosion: emission intensities and aerosol size distributions in source areas J Geophys Res 106 D16 18075 18084
2. Bagnold RA (1941) The physics of blown sand and desert dunes. Methuen, London, pp 265
3. Bagnold RA (1954) Physical aspects of dry deserts. In: Cloudsley-Thompson JL (ed) Biology of deserts. pp 7-12
4. WS Chepil 1942 Measurement of wind erosiveness of soils by the dry sieving procedure Sci Agric 23 3 154 160
5. WS Chepil NP Woodruff 1963 The physics of wind erosion and its control Adv Agron 15 211 302
6. Cornelis WM, Hartmann R, Gabriels D (1998) Assessing and controlling dust pollution in the harbour of Ghent. In: Gabriels D, Cornelis WM (eds) Proceedings of the International Workshop on Technical aspects and use of wind tunnels for wind-erosion control, combined effect of wind and water on erosion processes. Ghent, Belgium, pp 25-32
7. Cornelis W, Erpul G, Gabriels D (2004) The I.C.E. wind tunnel for wind and water interaction research. In: Visser S, Cornelis WM (eds) Wind and rain interaction in erosion. Tropical resource management papers, chap 13. Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen pp 195-224
8. De Ploey J (1980) Some field measurements and experimental data on wind-blown sands. In: De Boodt M, Gabriels D (eds) Assessment of erosion. Wiley, Chichester, pp 143-151
9. Drew RT, Lippmann M (1978) Calibration of air sampling instruments. In: Air sampling instruments for evaluation of atmospheric contaminants, 5th edn. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Cincinnati, pp 1-138
10. D Gabriels W Cornelis I Pollet T Van Coillie M Quessar 1997 The I. C. E. wind tunnel for wind and water erosion studies Soil Technol 10 1 8
11. Gee GW, Bauder JW (1986) Particle-size analysis. In: Klute A (ed) Methods of soil analysis, Part 1: physical and mineralogical methods, Agronomy No. 9 Part 1, Am Soc Agron Soil Sci Soc Am, Madison, pp 383-411
12. DA Gillette 1977 Fine particle emissions due to wind erosion Trans Am Soc Agric Eng 20 5 890 897
13. D Goossens ZY Offer 2000 Wind tunnel and field calibration of six aeolian dust samplers Atmos Environ 34 7 1043 1057
14. AS Goudie 1983 Dust storms in space and time Prog Phys Geogr 7 4 502 530
15. Hagen LJ (1999) Assessment of wind erosion parameters using wind tunnels. In: Stott DE, Mohtar RH, Steinhardt GA (eds) Sustaining the global farm, Proceedings of 10th international soil conservation organization conference. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, pp 742-746
16. DWT Jackson 1996 A new, instantaneous aeolian sand trap design for field use Sedimentology 43 5 791 796
17. RJ Kind 1992 One-dimensional aeolian suspension above beds of loose particles-a new concentration-profile equation Atmos Environ A 26A 927 931
18. Kjelgaard J, Chandler D, Saxton K (2002) Evidence for direct suspension of loessial soils. In: Lee JA, Zobeck TM (eds) Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN joint conference, international center for arid and semiarid lands studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA, p 38, Publication 02-2
19. SP Leatherman 1978 A new aeolian sand trap design Sedimentology 25 2 303 306
20. GA Loosmore JR Hunt 2000 Dust resuspension without saltation J Geophys Res 105 D16 20663 20672
21. McKie R (2001) Deadly dust 'brought foot and mouth here'. Guardian unlimited archive 9 September http://www.Guardian.co.uk/arcive/article/0,4273, 4253037,00.html
22. Middleton NJ, Goudie AS, Wells GL (1986) The frequency and source areas of dust storms. In: Nickling WG (eds) Aeolian geomorphology, 17th annual Binghampton geomorphology symposium. Allen and Unwin, London, pp 237-259
23. WG Nickling C McKenna Neuman 1997 Wind tunnel evaluation of a wedge-shaped aeolian sediment trap Geomorphology 18 3-4 333 345
24. D Pietersma LD Stetler KE Saxton 1996 Design and aerodynamics of a portable wind tunnel for soil erosion and fugitive dust research Trans Am Soc Agric Eng 39 6 2075 2083
25. Y Shao MR Raupach JF Leys 1996 A model for predicting aeolian sand drift and dust entrainment on scales from paddock to region Aust J Soil Res 34 1 309 342
26. WP Spaan GD van den Abeele 1991 Wind-borne particle measurements with acoustic sensors Soil Technol 4 1 51 63
27. G Sterk PAC Raats 1996 Comparison of models describing the vertical distribution of wind-eroded sediment Soil Sci Soc Am J 60 6 1914 1919
28. I Tegen I Fung 1995 Contribution to the atmospheric mineral aerosol load from land surface modification J Geophys Res 100 D9 18707 18726
29. ED Vories DW Fryrear 1991 Vertical distribution on wind-eroded soil over a smooth, bare field Trans Am Soc Agric Eng 34 4 1763 1768
30. Wassif MM (1998) Some observations on wind erosion in Egypt. In: Sivakumar MVK, Zobisch MA, Koala S, Maukonen T (eds) Wind erosion in Africa and west Asia: problems and strategies, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, pp 59-80
31. G Williams 1964 Some aspects of the eolian saltation load Sedimentology 3 257 287
32. Wilson SJ, Cooke RU (1980) Wind erosion. In: Kirkby MJ, Morgan RPC (eds) Soil erosion. Wiley, Chichester, pp 217-252
33. WMO (1983) Meteorological aspects of certain processes affecting soil degradation-especially erosion. Technical note no 178, WMO no. 591. WMO, Geneva
34. Zobeck TM (2002) Field measurement of erosion by wind. Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Marcel Dekker, New York, pp 503-507
35. TM Zobeck DW Fryrear 1986 Chemical and physical characteristics of windblown sediment. II. Chemical characteristics and nutrient discharge Trans Am Soc Agric Eng 29 4 1037 1041
36. TM Zobeck G Sterk R Funk JL Rajot JE Stout RS Van Pelt 2003 Measurement and data analysis methods for field-scale wind erosion studies and model validation Earth Surf Processes Landforms 28 11 1163 1188