Estimation of PM20 emissions by wind erosion: Main sources of uncertainties

Geomorphology

Volumn 59, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 63-74

  Alfaro, Stephane C ^a   Rajot, Jean Louis ^a   Nickling, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arid soils; Mineral dust; Saltation; Sandblasting; Vertical flux; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AFRICA; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; NORTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1842482995     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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