Wind Fences, Domes, and Tree Barriers

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Wind Fences

Domes

Tree Barriers

Vegetative barriers, which are rows of trees and bushes, have been used a reduce dust downwind of coal mines and other dust sources.[1][2]

Documents

Wind Fences

Domes

Tree Barriers

  • U.S. EPA, Fugitive Dust Background Document and Technical Information Document for Best Available Control Measures, September 1992

References

  1. Přikryl, Estimate of vegetation efficiency on reducing dust concentration produced by a surface coal mine. In: Programs and Algorithms of Numerical Mathematics, Proceedings of Seminar. Hejnice, June 24-29, 2018. Institute of Mathematics CAS, Prague, 132–139, 2019.
  2. Korean Air Grows Forest in Mongolia, The Korea Herald, September 3, 2023.