On the effect of air humidity on soil susceptibility to wind erosion: The case of air-dry soils

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Ravi, Sujith ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^a   Over, Thomas M ^b   Zobeck, Ted M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; EROSION;

DRYLANDS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; WIND EROSION;

SOILS;

ARID REGION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HUMIDITY; SOIL EROSION; WIND EROSION;

EID: 3543066441     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019485     Document Type: Article

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