Sensitivity of the sandblasting flux calculations to the soil size distribution accuracy

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1875-1884

  Menut, Laurent ^a,b   Schmechtig, Catherine ^a   Marticorena, Béatrice ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC DUST CONCENTRATION; SALTATION; SANDBLASTING; SOIL SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

ALFARO;

EID: 31644432211     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1825.1     Document Type: Article

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