Diagnosing the Electrical Structure of Dusty Gust Fronts in the Sahel
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Diagnosing the Electrical Structure of Dusty Gust Fronts in
the Sahel
Earle Williams, Harvey Elliott, Nilton Renno, Jasper Kok, William Beasley, Nathalie Nathou and Brian
Russell
AMS Annual Meeting
Seattle, Washington
January 26, 2011
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Outline
• Charge separation in dust storms
• Physical structure of Haboobs (Dusty gust fronts)
• Field mill measurements in Niger (2006)
• Tower measurements of space charge density (2010)
• Discussion on saltation layer
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Thundercloud Charge Separationby Ice Particle Collisions
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Saltation of large sand grains and emission of dust particles
1 m
eter
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Post Abrasion over the Height Range of Saltation Layer
(Western Desert, Egypt)
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Experimental Facilities
• MIT C-band Doppler radar
• 10 meter tower with four cylindrical field mills
• Campbell inverted field mill
• Mission Instruments goose-neck field mill
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Gust front ahead of squall line in Niamey, Niger
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Gust front in Niger topped with white cumulus on leading updraft
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Cross section of gust front
From Droegmeier and Wilhelmson (1987)
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Haboob on July 25, 2007 at t = 0
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Haboob on July 25, 2007 at t = 1 min
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Vertically pointing Doppler radar observations on gust front
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Dust wall over Niamey, Niger July 5, 2010
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Grey gust front approachingIn Sand Sea of Bodélé Depression
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Strategy for Electrical Analysis
• In 2006,2007 single field mill at radar site
• Electric field soundings by tethered balloon are impractical
• Measurement of surface electric field is limited– 2010 Two field sites and use of 10-m tower
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Electric field record of a gust front with monopolar behavior
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Electric field record of a gust front with bipolar behavior
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Comparisons for Monopolar and Bipolar Gust Front Cases
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Previous sensor deployment to study electrification of dust devils
Eldorado Campaign• 20 June 2010 – 01 July 2010
• Harvey Elliott
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Cylindrical Field Mill Sensors Used in This Study
Sensor 3 at ~10 cm
Sensor 1 at ~3.5 cm
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10-meter tower with electric field sensors
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Calibration of cylindrical field mill
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Straight line winds case Niamey, Niger July 20, 2010
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Campbell field mill record for July 20, 2010 (Straight line winds case)
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Multi-sensor electric field records for gust front on July 29, 2010
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Niamey Squall line and gust front 20:04 Z July 29, 2010
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Niamey Squall line and gust front 20:14 ZJuly 29, 2010
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Niamey Squall line and gust front 20:24 ZJuly 29, 2010
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Niamey Squall line and gust front 20:34 ZJuly 29, 2010
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Niamey Squall line and gust front 20:44 ZJuly 29, 2010
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Profiles of electric field for gust front passage July 29, 2010
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Profiles of computed space charge density July 29, 2010
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Conclusions
• Dusty gust fronts (haboobs) are electrified with surface fields of 1 – 10 KV/m and space charge density in nanocoulomb/m3 range
• Charge separation in the saltation layer (<1m scale) is playing primary role
• Monopolar field behavior is prevalent (with negative charge on small particles aloft) because saltation layer (and positively charged sand grains) so close to surface
• Mechanism/polarity in dust devils is essentially the same
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The electric field sensor measures the current between two sectors, I(t), at 16 points per rotation. This is converted to a magnitude and direction vector of the electric field using:
Sensor (rotating part) geometry:h = 150 mm, r = 11 mm
h
2rω
σ = ε0 E
z (N)
y (Up)
y (Up) 270o
x (W)
0o
E = {Ex, Ey}
ωσ(θ) = ε0 (Ex cos θ + Ey sin θ)
θ
Q1
Q2
r
I(t) = d(Q1- Q2)/dt = - 4 r h ε0ω E cos(ωt + arctg(Ex/Ey))
Qi = rh σ(θ) dθβi(t)
βi(t)+π
x (W)
90o
180o
Electric field sensors: cylindrical field mills
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Dust storm in Niamey, Niger
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Haboob overlain by cloud
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Approaching haboob in Niamey, Niger, West Africa
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Haboob lofting cumulus cloud
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Dust gust front over Niger River in Niamey
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Electric field record for dusty gust front July 29, 2010
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3D Anemometer
Prandtl ProbeElectric Field Sensors
10m
5m
2m0.2m
Mast Configuration
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Gust front in Niger, with typical orange-red appearance
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Grey gust front approaching