Validation of a dust production model from measurements performed in semi-arid agricultural areas of Spain and Niger

Catena

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 257-271

  Gomes, L ^a,b   Rajot, J L ^a   Alfaro, S C ^a   Gaudichet, A ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Erosion; Modeling; Niger; Saltation; Sandblasting; Soil; Spain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DUST; MODEL VALIDATION; SALTATION; SEMIARID REGION; WIND EROSION;

NIGER; SPAIN;

EID: 0037903054     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(03)00017-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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