Table 2 Sand flux for each period in the Taitema playa
Period | Date (dd/mm/yyyy) | Sand flux (10 m) | Time interval | Average wind speed | Strong-wind event proportion | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
From | To | Q (kg m−1) | RDP/DP | (days) | (m s−1) | (%) | |
P1 | 24/04/2021 | 26/04/2021 | 3723.95 | 0.98 | 2 | 6.88 | 23.4 |
P2 | 26/04/2021 | 06/05/2021 | 10753.61 | 0.93 | 10 | 5.04 | 16.9 |
P3 | 06/05/2021 | 14/05/2021 | 6841.89 | 0.94 | 8 | 5.33 | 15.3 |
P4 | 14/05/2021 | 03/06/2021 | 11277.83 | 0.81 | 20 | 4.79 | 9.6 |
P5 | 03/06/2021 | 08/06/2021 | 3341.32 | 0.25 | 5 | 5.79 | 11.2 |
P6 | 08/06/2021 | 02/07/2021 | 13928.58 | 0.70 | 24 | 5.29 | 8.4 |
P7 | 02/07/2021 | 07/07/2021 | 1800.92 | 0.97 | 5 | 5.01 | 2.4 |
P8 | 07/07/2021 | 26/09/2021 | 36386.94 | 0.71 | 81 | 4.75 | 2.59 |
P9 | 26/09/2021 | 06/10/2021 | 10648.96 | 0.99 | 10 | 5.32 | 8.13 |
P10 | 06/10/2021 | 10/10/2021 | 5270.89 | 0.98 | 4 | 5.17 | 17.33 |