Project Number: 5430-11120-009-20
Project Type: Reimbursable

Start Date: Jun 17, 2011
End Date: Sep 30, 2013

Objective:
The central goal of the proposed project is to utilize a combination of soil science and meteorological and traditional air quality sampling methods to accurately measure soil and surface characteristics, identify those characteristics significant to fugitive PM emissions and wind erosion and develop lidar instrumentation to measure fence-line concentrations from large area emission sources produced by military activities on DoD installations.

Approach:
The objectives will be achieved through a comprehensive set of tasks involving field, laboratory and plot studies, that are designed to obtain specific data required to: 1) adequately characterize changes in soil and surface conditions due to off-road military vehicle activities and determine the sites’ changes in susceptibility to wind erosion; and 2) measure incoming and outgoing PM at the installation fence-line.