Factors controlling threshold friction velocity in semiarid and arid areas of the United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 23277-23287

  Marticorena, Beatrice ^a,e   Bergametti, Gilles ^a,e   Gillette, Dale ^b   Belnap, Jayne ^c,d  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c US National Biological Service   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; EROSION; FRICTION; SOIL;

ARID REGION; FRICTION VELOCITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; WIND EROSION;

USA;

EID: 0031422274     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01303     Document Type: Article

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