Sand flux simulations at a small scale over a heterogeneous mesquite area of the northern Chihuahuan Desert

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1410-1422

  Bowker, George E ^a   Gillette, Dale A ^b   Bergametti, Gilles ^c   Marticorena, Béeatrice ^c   Heist, David K ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; SAND; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRFLOW PATTERNS; COPPICE DUNES; SAND FLUX;

EROSION;

AIRFLOW; DUNE; SAND; SOIL EROSION; TREE; WIND VELOCITY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 35549002601     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2537.1     Document Type: Article

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