Measurements of dust deposition velocity in a wind-tunnel experiment
Abstract. In this study, we present the results of a wind-tunnel experiment on dust deposition. A new method is proposed to derive dust deposition velocity from the PDA (Particle Dynamics Analysis) particle-velocity and particle-size measurements. This method has the advantage that the motions of individual dust particles are directly observed and all relevant data for computing dust deposition velocity is collected using a single instrument, and therefore the measurement uncertainties are reduced. The method is used in the wind-tunnel experiment to measure the dust deposition velocities for different particle sizes, wind speeds and surface conditions. For a sticky-smooth wood surface and a water surface, the observed dust deposition velocities are compared with the predictions using a dust deposition scheme, and the entire dataset is compared with the data found in the literature. From the wind-tunnel experiments, a relatively reliable dataset of dust deposition velocity is obtained, which is of considerable value for the development and validation of dust deposition schemes.