Comparison of PI-SWERL with dust emission measurements from a straight-line field wind tunnel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Sweeney, Mark ^a   Etyemezian, Vic ^b   Macpherson, Torin ^c   Nickling, William ^c   Gillies, John ^d   Nikolich, George ^b   McDonald, Eric ^e  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; ENTRAINMENT; EOLIAN PROCESS; SHEAR STRESS; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449129382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000830     Document Type: Article

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