Height profile of the mean velocity of an aeolian saltating cloud: Wind tunnel measurements by Particle Image Velocimetry

Geomorphology

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 320-334

  Yang, Ping ^a   Dong, Zhibao ^a   Qian, Guangqiang ^a   Luo, Wanyin ^a   Wang, Hongtao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian saltation; Mean velocity; Measurement technique; Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV); Vertical variation

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VELOCITY PROFILE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34447325412     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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