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Aerosol Plumes Emitted fro Field Planting Operations Measured with LIDAR

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:  Paper number  054050,  2005 ASAE Annual Meeting . (doi: 10.13031/2013.19898) @2005
Authors:   David R. Miller, April Hiscox, Britt A. Holmén, Wenli Yang, Theodore Sammis, Rick Bottoms
Keywords:   Dust emissions, LIDAR, plume visualization

Dust plumes in the atmosphere, generated by cotton field preparation and planting operations, were measured with a aerosol LIDAR in the spring of 2005. The purpose of the study was to generate plume space and time dynamics and plume concentrations for testing emission models. The measurements were made in a flood irrigation cotton field on the NMSU research farm near Las Cruces NM. The measurements were used to quantify the dynamics of plume movement and to sort the field operation generated dust from surrounding sources.

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