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On the first fortnight of June 2010, experiments were carried out at a millet field in Niger to address the electrification of soil particles under natural conditions. The experiments were conducted during a period of high wind erosion, resulting from the passage of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) which generate “walls” of dust passing through the Sahel. Soil particles are lifted from the ground...