The effect of wind on raindrop impact and rainsplash detachment

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Erpul, Gunay ^a,b   Norton, L Darell ^b   Gabriels, Donald ^c  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Angle of rain incidence; Raindrop trajectory and frequency; Rainsplash detachment; Wind driven rain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; KINETIC ENERGY; SOILS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

RAIN INTENSITY;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; IMPACT; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0043270584     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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