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Mean flow through utility scale solar facilities and preliminary insights on dust impacts by Etyemezian, V., Nikolich, G., Gillies, J.A.

“…Deposition of dust on solar collectors has the potential to be a costly part of utility-scale solar energy production operation and maintenance. Large…”
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Effectiveness of an array of porous fences to reduce sand flux: Oceano Dunes, Oceano CA by Gillies, J.A., Etyemezian, V., Nikolich, G., Glick, R., Rowland, P., Pesce, T., Skinner, M.

“…Arrays of porous fences, ≈12 ha in 2014 and ≈ 15 ha in 2015, were constructed in the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area to evaluate their…”
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The Portable in situ wind erosion laboratory (PI-SWERL) : A new method to measure PM10 windblown dust properties and potential for emissions by ETYEMEZIAN, V, NIKOLICH, G, AHONEN, S, PITCHFORD, M, SWEENEY, M, PURCELL, R, GILLIES, J, KUHNS, H

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Laboratory Experiments of Volcanic Ash Resuspension by Wind by Etyemezian, V., Gillies, J. A., Mastin, L. G., Crawford, A., Hasson, R., Van Eaton, A. R., Nikolich, G.

“…Fresh volcanic eruption deposits tend to be loose, bare, and readily resuspended by wind. Major resuspension events in Patagonia, Iceland, and Alaska have…”
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Particulate dust emission factors from unpaved roads in the U.S.–Mexico border semi-arid region by Kavouras, I.G., DuBois, D.W., Nikolich, G., Corral Avittia, A.Y., Etyemezian, V.

“…Unpaved road dust emissions in El Paso in Texas, Las Cruces in New Mexico and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico were measured using the Testing Re-entrained Aerosol…”
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The role of off-highway vehicle activity in augmenting dust emissions at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, Oceano, CA by Gillies, J.A., Furtak-Cole, E., Nikolich, G., Etyemezian, V.

“…The Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (ODSVRA) allows off-highway vehicle (OHV) activity on this coastal dune system. Three sources of data were…”
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Effect of vehicle characteristics on unpaved road dust emissions by Gillies, J.A., Etyemezian, V., Kuhns, H., Nikolic, D., Gillette, D.A.

“…This paper presents PM 10 fugitive dust emission factors for a range of vehicles types and examines the influence of vehicle and wake characteristics on the…”
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Soil humic-like organic compounds in prescribed fire emissions using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy by Chalbot, M.-C., Nikolich, G., Etyemezian, V., Dubois, D.W., King, J., Shafer, D., Gamboa da Costa, G., Hinton, J.F., Kavouras, I.G.

“…Here we present the chemical characterization of the water-soluble organic carbon fraction of atmospheric aerosol collected during a prescribed fire burn in…”
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Spatiotemporal variability of ground-level ozone and influence of smoke in Treasure Valley, Idaho by Kavouras, I.G., DuBois, D.W., Etyemezian, V., Nikolich, G.

“…The hourly concentrations of atmospheric ozone (O3) were measured at seven locations throughout the Treasure Valley during the summer of 2007, indicating a…”
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Accounting for surface roughness on measurements conducted with PI-SWERL: Evaluation of a subjective visual approach and a photogrammetric technique by Etyemezian, V., Gillies, J.A., Shinoda, M., Nikolich, G., King, J., Bardis, A.R.

“…The effect of small-scale surface roughness on measurements with PI-SWERL (The Portable In-Situ Wind Erosion Laboratory) was investigated using a…”
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Vehicle-based road dust emission measurement: I—methods and calibration by Etyemezian, V., Kuhns, H., Gillies, J., Green, M., Pitchford, M., Watson, J.

“…Testing re-entrained aerosol kinetic emissions from roads (TRAKER) is a vehicle-based method for measuring road dust emissions. Particulate matter is sampled…”
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Vehicle-based road dust emission measurement (III): effect of speed, traffic volume, location, and season on PM10 road dust emissions in the Treasure Valley, ID by ETYEMEZIAN, V, KUHNS, H, GILLIES, J, CHOW, J, HENDRICKSON, K, MCGOWN, M, PITCHFORD, M

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Dust emissions created by low-level rotary-winged aircraft flight over desert surfaces by Gillies, J.A., Etyemezian, V., Kuhns, H., McAlpine, J.D., King, J., Uppapalli, S., Nikolich, G., Engelbrecht, J.

“…There is a dearth of information on dust emissions from sources that are unique to U.S. Department of Defense testing and training activities. Dust emissions…”
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Vehicle-based road dust emission measurement—Part II: Effect of precipitation, wintertime road sanding, and street sweepers on inferred PM 10 emission potentials from paved and unpaved roads by Kuhns, H, Etyemezian, V, Green, M, Hendrickson, Karin, McGown, Michael, Barton, Kevin, Pitchford, Marc

“…Testing Re-Entrained Kinetic Emissions from Roads (TRAKER) is a new technique to infer paved and unpaved road dust PM 10 emission potentials based on…”
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Precision and repeatability of the TRAKER vehicle-based paved road dust emission measurement by Etyemezian, V., Kuhns, H., Nikolich, G.

“…Testing re-entrained aerosol kinetic emissions from roads (TRAKER), a vehicle based measurement system, has been reported as an alternative to silt…”
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Testing Re-entrained Aerosol Kinetic Emissions from Roads : a new approach to infer silt loading on roadways by Kuhns, H, Etyemezian, V, Landwehr, D, MacDougall, C, Pitchford, M, Green, M

“…PM 10 and PM 2.5 emissions from roadways are currently estimated using the silt loading on the road surface as a surrogate for the emissions potential of road…”
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Results from a pilot-scale air quality study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Etyemezian, V., Tesfaye, M., Yimer, A., Chow, J.C., Mesfin, D., Nega, T., Nikolich, G., Watson, J.G., Wondmagegn, M.

“…Twenty-one samples were collected during the dry season (26 January–28 February 2004) at 12 sites in and around Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and analyzed for…”
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Soiling Patterns on a Tall Limestone Building:  Changes over 60 Years by Davidson, Cliff I, Tang, Wei, Finger, Susan, Etyemezian, Vicken, Striegel, Mary F, Sherwood, Susan I

“…Soiling of limestone caused by air pollution has been studied at the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The Cathedral was…”
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Impingement of rain drops on a tall building by Etyemezian, V, Davidson, C.I, Zufall a, M, Dai a, W, Finger, S, Striegel, M

“…Soiling on the walls of limestone buildings can be washed off when the surface erodes due to rain impingement. In this study, the delivery of rain to the…”
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A very-high resolution (20m) measurement-based dust emissions and dispersion modeling approach for the Oceano Dunes, California by Mejia, J.F., Gillies, J.A., Etyemezian, V., Glick, R.

“…This study shows the results from very high-resolution (20 m) dust emissions and transport simulations for the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area…”
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