@article {JRN55177, title = {History and Applications of Dust Devil Studies}, journal = {Space Science Reviews}, volume = {203}, year = {2016}, month = {April 2016}, abstract = {

Studies of dust devils, and their impact on society, are reviewed. Dust devils have been noted since antiquity, and have been documented in many countries, as well as on the planet Mars. As time-variable vortex entities, they have become a cultural motif. Three major stimuli of dust devil research are identified, nuclear testing, terrestrial climate studies, and perhaps most significantly, Mars research. Dust devils present an occasional safety hazard to light structures and have caused several deaths.

}, keywords = {applications, climate, Dust Devil, history, nuclear, safety, terestrial}, doi = {10.1007/s11214-016-0239-2}, url = {files/bibliography/16-040_0.pdf}, author = {Ralph D. Lorenz and Matthew R. Balme and Zhaolin Gu and Henrik Kahanp{\"a}{\"a} and Martina Klose and Michael V. Kurgansky and Manish R. Patel and Dennis Reiss and Angelo Pio Rossi and Aymeric Spiga and Tetsuya Takemi and Wei Wei} } @article {JRN54597, title = {Point discharge current measurements beneath dust devils}, journal = {Journal of Atmospheric and Solar{\textendash}Terrestrial Physics}, volume = {150}, year = {2016}, pages = {55-60}, abstract = {

We document for the first time observations of point discharge currents under dust devils using a novel compact sensor deployed in summer 2016 at the USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range in New Mexico, USA. A consistent signature is noted in about a dozen events seen over 40 days, with a positive current ramping up towards closest approach, switching to a decaying negative current as the devil recedes. The currents, induced on a small wire about 10 cm above the ground, correlate with dust devil intensity (pressure drop) and dust loading, and reached several hundred picoAmps.

}, keywords = {atmospheric electricity, dust devils, meteorology}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2016.10.017}, url = {/files/bibliography/16-023.pdf}, author = {Ralph D. Lorenz and Lynn D. Neakrase and John P. Anderson and Harrison, R. Giles and Nicoll, Keri A.} } @article {JRN54169, title = {In-situ measurement of dust devil activity at La Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico, USA}, journal = {Aeolian Research}, year = {2015}, pages = {1-12}, abstract = {

We document observations of dust devil vortices using a linear array of 10 miniature pressure- and sunlight-logging stations in summer 2013 at La Jornada Experimental Range in the southwestern USA. These data provide a census of vortex and dust-devil activity at this site. The simultaneous spatially-distributed measurements resolve the horizontal pressure structure of several dust devil encounters, and the data can be fit well with an analytic model, giving independent measures of vortex size and intensity.

}, keywords = {dust devils, meteorology, power law, vortex structure}, doi = {10.1016/j.aeolia.2015.01.012}, url = {/files/bibliography/15-026.pdf}, author = {Ralph D. Lorenz and Lynn D. Neakrase and John P. Anderson} }