Acquisition of a Portable In Situ Wind Erosion Lab (PI-SWERL) for research in Earth Sciences

1029116 Sweeney这笔赠款支持收购一个便携式原位风蚀实验围隔（PI-SWERL），以促进南达科他州大学的研究和本科生研究培训，重点是研究风成作用引起的矿物粉尘侵蚀对景观演变和气溶胶加载对大气和相关气候效应的影响。 风洞mescosm（PI-SWERL）的便携性将允许大量空间详细测量风对大气中矿物粉尘排放的影响，这对改进模型的影响，以更好地了解干旱环境中的风沙过程，荒漠化对人类健康的影响，以及改善农业土壤保护工作。

1029116 SweeneyThis grant supports acquisition of a portable in situ wind erosion experimental mesocosm (PI-SWERL) to facilitate research and undergraduate research training at the University of South Dakota with a focus on study of the role of eolian induced erosion of mineral dusts on landscape evolution and the impacts of aerosol loading on the atmosphere and related climate effects. The portable nature of the wind tunnel mescosm (PI-SWERL) will allow for large numbers of spatially detailed measurements of wind effects on mineral dust emissions to the atmosphere with implications for improved models to inform a better understanding of eolian processes in arid environments, the impacts of desertification on human health, and improved agricultural soil conservation efforts.***