Publication Date:
2023-01-30
Description:
This data set provides mass flux as well as major element (Al, Fe, Ca, K, Na, Mg, Mn, P, Ti) and Y contents for 〈30µm carbonate-free mineral dust deposited at Mbour, Senegal, from 2013-03-06 to 2015-03-02 with a temporal resolution varying from 1 week to 1 day; this campain was initiated within the frame of the AMMA program (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis).
Dust was collected using a reversed pyramid-shaped passive PVC collector with an opening of 0.25m2 installed at about 10 m above ground on a dedicated tower made of scaffolding elements, set up on the premises of the Institut de la Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) ecological center in Mbour, Senegal (14°23'17N, 16°57'21W; elevation 3m asl).
Elemental measurements were carried out by ICP-OES, after dust sieving at 30 micrometers and carbonate removal using an acetic acid-sodium acetate buffer at pH ≈ 4.5 followed by an HF-HNO3 digestion.
See corresponding article from Le Quilleuc et al. for details.
Keywords:
〈30µm carbonate-free fraction; Aluminium; AMMA-2-tower; Calcium; Calcium/Aluminium ratio; DATE/TIME; Deposition; DUC; Dust, flux; Dust collector; ICP-OES; Iron; Iron/Aluminium ratio; Magnesium; Magnesium/Aluminium ratio; major elements; Manganese; Manganese/Aluminium ratio; Mass flux; MBOUR-DUST_DEP-LOG-2; Phosphorus; Phosphorus/Aluminium ratio; Potassium; Potassium/Aluminium ratio; Saharan dust; Senegal; Silicon dioxide; Sodium; Sodium/Aluminium ratio; Titanium; Titanium/Aluminium ratio; Yttrium; Yttrium/Aluminium ratio
Type:
Dataset
Format:
text/tab-separated-values, 3801 data points
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