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  • BSNE aeolian dust collector sample weights before and after the windy season from the NEAT study at Jornada Basin LTER, 2008-ongoing
  • Okin, Gregory S; University of California Los Angeles
    Gillette, Dale; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • 2019-09-04
  • Okin, G.S. and D. Gillette. 2019. BSNE aeolian dust collector sample weights before and after the windy season from the NEAT study at Jornada Basin LTER, 2008-ongoing ver 4. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2025-01-01).

  • This data package contains weights of windblown dust collected by BSNE collectors at long-term vegetation-removal plots that are part of the Jornada Basin LTER Nutrient and Ecosystem impacts of Aeolian Transport (NEAT) study located at the Jornada Experimental Range. The dataset can be used to estimate horizontal dust flux at multiple heights in vegetation removal treatment plots (different percentage vegetation removed) and adjacent downwind plots. Year 2008 was the initial collection and collections in subsequent years occur before and after the windy season. The experiment was designed to test the effects of increases in wind erosion on soil and vegetation properties on the sand sheet geomorphic unit for different levels of herbaceous cover. In order to increase wind erosion rates, vegetation was removed each spring to increase bare surface area and stimulate erosion (the less vegetation present the greater the wind erosion). The experimental design includes three blocks located in one pasture, each with four treatment plots that are maintained at one of four levels of herbaceous vegetation and small shrubs removed (25, 50, 75, 100%) and a control. Treatment plots are 25x50m with 25m buffers between. The vegetation removal includes grasses and small shrubs (like XASA and ZIGR), but not mesquite or yucca or any of the larger shrubs). Also, adjacent downwind plots are monitored for soil and vegetation properties, but no removal treatments are performed in these areas. This study is ongoing and is updated twice per year - before and after the spring windy season.

  • Geographic Coordinates
    • N: 32.7494871, S: 32.47317259, E: -106.6927163, W: -106.8728831
    • N: 32.75215663, S: 32.61123379, E: -106.601697, W: -106.844154
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  • Data Entities:
    1. Air-dry weights of BSNE collector contents (g) by date and collector id  (411.6 KiB; 12 downloads) 
    2. Schematic of BSNE stand locations within experimental blocks and treatments  (56.9 KiB; 10 downloads) 
    3. Field and lab protocol for BSNE measurements  (91.8 KiB; 10 downloads) 
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