Wind erosion modelling in a Sahelian environment

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-84

  Visser, S M ^a   Sterk, G ^a   Karssenberg, D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS; VEGETATION; WIND;

SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND EROSION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EOLIAN PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND EROSION;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4344699156     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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