Techniques to measure the dry aeolian deposition of dust in arid and semi-arid landscapes: A comparative study in West Niger

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-195

  Goossens, Dirk ^a,b   Rajot, Jean Louis ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Dust; Dust deposition; Field measurements; Measurement technique

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; DUST; GRADIENT METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

AEOLIAN DEPOSITION; CAPTEUR PYRAMIDAL METHOD; DUST DEPOSITION; FRISBEE METHOD; GLASS PLATE METHOD; MARBLE DUST COLLECTOR METHOD; SOIL SURFACE METHOD;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ARID REGIONS; DUST; GRADIENT METHODS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

ARID REGION; DEPOSITION; DUST; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEMIARID REGION; TESTING METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AFRICA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 39549101014     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1533     Document Type: Article

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