Remarks on the definition and estimation of the aeolian erosion threshold friction velocity

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 137-142

  Schönfeldt, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENCE; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

EOLIAN PROCESS; FRICTION; GAUSSIAN METHOD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 4744341701     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2003/0012-0137     Document Type: Article

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