Field Experiments for Evaluating Wind Erosion Models

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 281-302

  Van Donk, Simon J ^a   Skidmore, Edward L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne sediment flux; Albedo; BSNE; Sensit; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035790248     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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