| Title: | Impact of dust source patchiness on the existence of a constant dust flux layer during aeolian erosion events |
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| Authors: | ID Dupont, Sylvain (Author)
ID Klose, Martina (Author)
ID Irvine, M. R. (Author)
ID González-Flórez, Cristina (Author)
ID Alastuey, A. (Author)
ID Bonnefond, J.-M. (Author)
ID Dagsson‐Waldhauserova, P. (Author)
ID Gonzalez-Romero, Adolfo (Author)
ID Hussein, Tareq (Author)
ID Yus-Díez, Jesús (Author), et al. |
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| Files: |  JGR_Atmospheres_-_2024_-_Dupont_-_Impact_of_Dust_Source_Patchiness_on_the_Existence_of_a_Constant_Dust_Flux_Layer_During.pdf (5,95 MB)
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Unknown |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | UNG - University of Nova Gorica
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| Abstract: | Abstract
Dust emission fluxes during wind soil erosion are usually estimated using a dust concentration vertical gradient, by assuming a constant dust flux layer between the surface and the dust measurement levels. Here, we investigate the existence of this layer during erosion events recorded in Iceland and Jordan. Size‐resolved dust fluxes were estimated at three levels between 2 and 4 m using the eddy‐covariance method. Dust fluxes were found mainly constant only between the two upper levels in Iceland, the lower dust flux being often stronger and richer in coarse particles, while dust fluxes in Jordan were nearly constant across all levels. The wind dynamics could not explain the absence of a constant dust flux layer in Iceland. We show that the presence of stationary dust source patches in Iceland, related to surface humidity, created a non‐uniform dust layer near the surface, named dust roughness sublayer (DRSL), where individual plumes behind each patch interact but do not fully mix. The lowest dust measurement level was probably located within this sublayer while the upper ones were located above, such that there the emitted dust became spatially well‐mixed. This explains near the surface in Iceland, the more intermittent dust concentration, its low correlation with the dust concentrations above, and the richer dust flux in coarse particles due to their lower deposition contribution. Our findings highlight the importance of estimating dust fluxes above a dust blending height whose characteristics depend on the dust source patchiness caused by surface humidity or the presence of sparse non‐erosive elements. |
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| Keywords: | dust emission, turbulence, dust fluxes, dust source patchiness |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.06.2024 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2024 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 1-21 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. ǂ129, issue 12, [article no.] e2023JD040657 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/RUNG-9515  |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 216994819 |
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| ISSN: | 2169-897X |
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| UDC: | 502.3/.7 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2169-897X |
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| eISSN: | 2169-8996 |
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| DOI: | 10.1029/2023JD040657 |
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| NUK URN: | URN:SI:UNG:REP:JHNYJKB3 |
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| Publication date in RUNG: | 29.11.2024 |
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