Preliminary results from a field investigation of aeolian sand transport using high resolution wind and transport measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-166

  Jackson, Derek W T ^a   McCloskey, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAPS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND;

AEOLIAN SAND TRAP; VON KARMAN EQUATION; WIND VANES; WIND VELOCITY;

SAND;

AEOLIAN SAND; ANEMOMETER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0030921029     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03967     Document Type: Article

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