Wind characteristics of Mesquite Streets in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico, USA

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-275

  Gillette, Dale A ^a   Herrick, Jeff E ^b   Herbert, Gary A ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c G A Herbert Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan desert; Desert vegetation; Desert winds; Dunes; Dust emissions; Flow around and above roughness elements; Friction velocity; Sand transport; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ARID REGIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION; WIND EFFECTS;

AERODYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL TEXTURE; VEGETATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND EROSION;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PROSOPIS;

EID: 33646703952     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-005-6022-7     Document Type: Article

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