Dust Deposition in Southern Nevada and California, 1984-1989: Relations to Climate, Source Area, and Lithology Marith C. Reheis and Rolf Kihl ANNOTATED LIST OF DIGITAL FILES Indented items reside in subdirectories ("folders" for Macintosh users). Names followed by the slash character ("/") are subdirectories. Contents/ contents.txt Annotated list of digital files. FGDCmeta.txt Formal metadata conforming to FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata. FGDCmeta.html Formal metadata in HTML. Core/ meta/ samples.txt Sample processing history information. trapsite.txt Dust trap site location information. fix_columns.c UNIX C program to separate data quality indicators from data values in flux tables. reform Bourne shell script (UNIX) for producing the files flux.txt and flux_avg.txt. report.txt Full data set documentation (text). report.html Full data set documentation (HTML). eqn.gif PET equations for report.html. eqn.tex PET equations in TeX. climmap.gif Map of weather stations near trap sites. trapmap.gif Map of trap sites. raw/ labdust.txt Initial lab results from dust samples. flux.txt Dust component flux estimates for each station for each year; one line per sample. flux_avg.txt Average dust component flux estimates for all years; one line per station. flux/ Dust flux measurements. This information is also shown in flux.txt and flux_avg.txt; these files show the data from different years on the same line, with the average for all years. CO3.txt Carbonate composition of dust samples. salt.txt Salt composition of dust samples. gypsum.txt Gypsum composition of dust samples. CO3_flux.txt Carbonate flux estimates. saltflux.txt Salt flux estimates. gypsflux.txt Gypsum flux estimates min_wgt.txt Flux estimates for specific mineral components. dustflux.txt Total dust flux estimates. clayflux.txt Flux estimates for clay-sized material. siltflux.txt Flux estimates for silt-sized material. sandflux.txt Flux estimates for sand-sized material. minerals/ Mineral composition of dust samples. These estimates are derived from analysis of X-ray diffraction peak intensities. Some samples were combined, and the composition of combined samples is explicitly specified in combine.txt. claymin.txt Mineral composition of clay size fraction. siltmin.txt Mineral composition of silt size fractoin. sandmin.txt Mineral composition of sand size fraction. combine.txt Description of combined samples. chemistry/ Elemental chemistry was determined through ICP spectroscopy, and was used to derive major oxide composition of the samples. These analyses also represent combined samples. dusticp.txt Major element compositions from ICP analysis. dustox.txt Major oxide compositions derived from dusticp.txt. combine.txt Description of combined samples. climate/ Meteorological data for weather stations close to the trap sites. climate.txt Mean monthly precipitation and temperature from 1984 through 1989 from NCDC (NOAA) for weather stations closest to the dust trap sites. aveclim.txt Long-term records of mean annual temperature (MAT) and mean annual precipitation (MAP) for weather stations nearest the dust traps. These data were culled from a variety of government documents and reports. climpet.txt Secondary climatic variables including monthly and annual potential evapotranspiration (PET) and the leaching index (LI) of Arkley (1963). climreg.txt Data used to derive estimates of climatic parameters for trap sites where the elevation of the trap site differed from that of the nearby weather stations. climcoef.txt Regression coefficients calculated from the data in climreg.txt. trapclim.txt Estimated climatic parameters for the trap sites, accounting for changes of elevation using regression coefficients in climcoef.txt. history/ Data from aveclim.txt, separated by station so there is only one station in each file. The name of each file is an abbreviated form of the station name. amargosa.txt Amargosa Farms baker.txt Baker beatty.txt Beatty 8 N beaumont.txt Beaumont 1E bishop.txt Bishop WSO AP blythe.txt Blythe borrego.txt Borrego Desert Park boulder.txt Boulder City bunkerv.txt Bunkerville deathval.txt Death Valley desrock.txt Desert Rock WMSO dnwr.txt Desert National Wildlife Range dyer.txt Dyer 4 SE elcentro.txt El Centro 2SSW goldfld.txt Goldfield ironmt.txt Iron Mountain lasvegas.txt Las Vegas WSO AP lkarrow.txt Lake Arrowhead logandal.txt Logandale UN Exp. Farm mitchell.txt Mitchell Caverns mtpass.txt Mountain Pass mtwilson.txt Mt. Wilson 2 needles.txt Needles FAA AP pahranag.txt Pahranagat Wildlife Refuge pahrump.txt Pahrump Univ of Nev. Lab parker.txt Parker Reservoir sarcobat.txt Sarcobatus sbch.txt San Bernardino County Hospital searchlt.txt Searchlight shoshone.txt Shoshone silverpk.txt Silverpeak tonopah.txt Tonopah AP recent/ Data from climate.txt, separated by station so there is only one station in each file. The name of each file is an abbreviated form of the station name. NTS4Ja-n.txt NTS 4Ja-n NTSPM1.txt NTS PM1 NTSPM522.txt NTS PM5 NTStower.txt NTS Tower 6 NTSwell.txt NTS Well 5B amargosa.txt Amargosa Farms baker.txt Baker beatty.txt Beatty 8 N beaumont.txt Beaumont 1E bishop.txt Bishop WSO AP blythe.txt Blythe borrego.txt Borrego Desert Park boulder.txt Boulder City bunkerv.txt Bunkerville deathval.txt Death Valley desrock.txt Desert Rock WMSO dnwr.txt Desert National Wildlife Range dyer.txt Dyer 4 SE elcentro.txt El Centro 2SSW goldfld.txt Goldfield ironmt.txt Iron Mountain lasvegas.txt Las Vegas WSO AP lkarrow.txt Lake Arrowhead logandal.txt Logandale UN Exp. Farm mitchell.txt Mitchell Caverns mtpass.txt Mountain Pass mtwilson.txt Mt. Wilson 2 needles.txt Needles FAA AP pahranag.txt Pahranagat Wildlife Refuge pahrump.txt Pahrump Univ of Nev. Lab parker.txt Parker Reservoir redrock.txt Red Rock Canyon State Park sarcobat.txt Sarcobatus sbch.txt San Bernardino County Hospital searchlt.txt Searchlight shoshone.txt Shoshone silverpk.txt Silverpeak tonopah.txt Tonopah AP valfire.txt Valley of Fire SP Derived/ trap_map.ps PostScript version of a map of the trap sites. trap_map.pic PICT image version of a map of the trap sites. trap_map.gif GIF image version of a map of the trap sites. dos/ Original files used by the authors; those whose names end with .xls are MS Excel 3.0, those whose names end with .doc are MS Word for Windows 1.0. README List of files dustread.doc Modified abstract and introduction for dust paper (now in review) and list of files. dustproc.doc Sampling and laboratory procedures for dust and climate files; equations; references for procedures. footnote.doc Footnotes, comments, and definitions of abbreviations and acronyms in dust and climate files. dustloc.xls Site data for dust traps; location, elevation, type and lithology of local dust sources. trap.xls Annual field condition of dust traps and samples; length of time out, laboratory numbers, and problems. labdust.xls Laboratory data for dust samples, listed by year from 1985-1991; includes organic matter, carbonate, total salt, gypsum, and particle size. fluxmod.xls Percentage and dust flux values and averages calculated from laboratory data (labdust.xls) listed by site for 1985-1989. Includes percentages of carbonate, salt (excluding gypsum), and gypsum, and fluxes of dust (<2mm), carbonate, salt, gypsum, sand, silt, and clay. dustmin.xls Sand, silt, and clay mineralogy of dust samples. dusticp.xls Major element and zirconium contents of dust samples measured by inductively coupled plasma emission spectroscopy. dustox.xls Major oxide and zirconium contents of dust samples calculated from data in dust.icp using atomic weights; also oxides recalculated to 100% and ratios of major oxides to ZrO2. climate.xls Monthly and annual precipitation and temperature data for weather stations closest to trap sites from 1984 through 1989; also averages for that period, averages for the length of record ( imported from aveclim.xls), and seasonal precipitation. climpet.xls Potential evapotranspiration and leaching index calculated for all weather stations near the trap sites using the Thornthwaite method and, if possible, the Papadakis method. aveclim.xls Mean annual precipitation and temperature calculations for the entire length of record for weather stations closest to trap sites. climreg.xls Mean annual precipitation and temperature data and calculations for the entire length of record for all weather stations in the study area except for coastal California; also regression equations developed to relate MAP and MAT to elevation. trapclim.xls Estimated mean annual precipitation and temperature at the trap sites based on elevation using regression equations developed in climreg. xls. 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