A similarity theory for saltation and application to aeolian mass flux

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 319-338

  Shao, Yaping ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aeolian process; Saltation; Sand drift; Similarity theory; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTION CONTROL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FRICTION VELOCITY; MASS FLUX; PARTICLE MOTION; SALTATION;

FLUXES;

AERODYNAMICS; EOLIAN PROCESS; PARTICLE SIZE; ROUGHNESS; SALTATION;

EID: 14944381481     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-004-4632-0     Document Type: Article

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