Aerodynamic roughness of fixed sandy beds

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B6, 2001, Pages 11001-11011

  Dong, Zhibao ^a   Wang, Xunming ^a   Zhao, Aiguo ^a   Liu, Lianyou ^a   Liu, Xianwan ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; EOLIAN PROCESS; ROUGHNESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND;

EID: 0034941924     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb900009     Document Type: Article

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