Identifying regional dust transport pathways: Application of kinematic trajectory modelling to a trans-Tasman case

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 633-647

  McGowan, Hamish A ^a   McTainsh, Grant H ^b   Zawar Reza, Peyman ^c   Sturman, Andrew P ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Deposition; Dust storm; Dust transport; New Zealand; Tasman Sea; Trajectory modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DUST; EOLIAN PROCESS; MODELING; TRAJECTORY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 0033949649     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9837(200006)25:6<633::AID-ESP102>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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