The distribution of velocity and energy of saltating sand grains in a wind tunnel

Geomorphology

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 155-165

  Zou, Xue Yong ^a,b   Wang, Zhou Long ^a   Hao, Qing Zhen ^a   Zhang, Chun Lai ^a   Liu, Yu Zhang ^a   Dong, Guang Rong ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

High speed multiflash photography; Saltating sand grain; Velocity distribution; Wind sand current

Indexed keywords

SALTATION; SAND; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EOLIAN PROCESS; SALTATION; SAND; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0035116180     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(00)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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