Wind erosion roughness index response to observation spacing and measurement distance

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 311-324

  Zobeck, Ted M ^a   Popham, Thomas W ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Microrelief; Microtopography; Range of influence

Indexed keywords

ROUGHNESS INDEX; SALTATION; SOIL EROSION; WIND EROSION;

EID: 0032543247     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3630(97)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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