Site Equipment

DS100-F - Combined Frisbee Depositional and Sticky Pad Directional Dust Gauge

 

Many sites still have dust nuisance conditions attached that are based on the old methods of assessing dust nuisance by mass. The importance of source apportionment and effective boundary monitoring is well known. It is not straightforward to attribute deposited dust to source directions.  Local information on wind speed and direction helps, but research shows that there is a high degree of variability reflecting, for example, the effects of antecedent rainfall.  Dust arises not just from wind blow, but from generation at source.

 

Until the significance of monitoring dust flux, rather than dust deposition, at site boundaries is fully recognised the DS100-F has been developed. The DS100-F combines the DustScan directional gauge and the frisbee deposition gauge in one unit. This enables simultaneous measurement of dust flux and dust deposition.