Effect of averaging time on the apparent threshold for aeolian transport

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 395-401

  Stout, John E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Saltation; Threshold; Unsteady wind; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032128126     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0370     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (17)

1. Bagnold, R.A. (1941). The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes. London: Methuen. 265 pp.
2. Butterfield, G.R. (1991). Grain transport in steady and unsteady turbulent airflows. Acta Mechanica, (Suppl.) 1: 97-122.
3. Butterfield, G.R. (1993). Sand transport response to fluctuating wind velocity. In: Clifford, N.J., French, J.R. & Hardisty, J. (Eds) Turbulence: perspectives on flow and sediment transport, pp. 305-335. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. 360 pp.
4. Gillette, D.A. & Stockton, P.H. (1986). Mass, momentum and kinetic energy fluxes of saltating particles. In: Nickling, W.G. (Ed), Aeolian geomorphology, pp. 35-56. Boston: Allen & Unwin. 311 pp.
5. Gillette, D.A., Herbert, G., Stockton, P.H. & Owen, P.R. (1996). Causes of the fetch effect in wind erosion. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 21: 641-659.
6. Hardisty, J. (1993). Monitoring and modelling sediment transport at turbulent frequencies. In: Clifford, N.J., French, J.R. & Hardisty, J. (Eds), Turbulence: perspectives on flow and sediment transport, pp. 35-59. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. 360 pp.
7. Holcombe, T.L., Ley, T. & Gillette, D.A. (1997). Effects of prior precipitation and source area characteristics on threshold wind velocities for blowing dust episodes, Sonoran Desert 1948-78. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 36: 1160-1175.
8. Kawamura, R. (1951). Study on sand movement by wind. Institute of Science and Technology, Tokyo University, Tokyo, Report 5, pp. 95-112. (In Japanese.)
9. Lancaster, N. (1997). Arid geomorphology. Progress in Physical Geography, 21: 285-290.
10. Nickling, W.G. (1988). The initiation of particle movement by wind. Sedimentology 35: 499-511.
11. Nickling, W.G. & Gillies, J.A. (1989). Emission of fine-grained particulates from desert soils. In: Leinen, M. & Sarnthein, M. (Eds), Paleoclimatology and Paleometeorology: modern and past patterns of global atmospheric transport, pp. 133-165. Dordrecht: Kluwer. 909 pp.
12. Pietersma, D., Stetler, L.D. & Saxton, K.E. (1996). Design and aerodynamics of a portable wind tunnel for soil erosion and fugitive dust research. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 39: 2075-2083.
13. Stockton, P. & Gillette, D.A. (1990). Field measurements of the sheltering effect of vegetation on erodible land surfaces. Land Degradation & Rehabilitation, 2: 77-85.
14. Stout, J.E. & Zobeck, T.M. (1996). The Wolfforth Field Experiment: A Wind Erosion Study. Soil Science, 161: 616-632.
15. Stout, J.E. & Zobeck, T.M. (1997). Intermittent saltation. Sedimentology, 44: 959-972.
16. Thorne, P.D., Williams, J.J. & Heathershaw, A.D. (1989). In situ measurements of marine gravel threshold and transport. Sedimentology, 36: 61-74.
17. Zingg, A.W. (1953). Wind tunnel studies of the movement of sedimentary material. Proceedings 5th Hydraulic Conf. Bull. 34, pp. 111-135. Iowa City: Inst. of Hydraulics.