Estimation of surface roughness (z0) cover a stabilizing coastal dune field based on vegetation and topography

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1520-1541

  Levin, Noam ^a,b   Ben Dor, Eyal ^a   Kidron, Giora J ^a   Yaakov, Yaron ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aeolian processes; Aerodynamic surface roughness; Remote sensing; Sand dunes; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; FRICTION; LANDFORMS; METAL ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WIND POWER;

AEOLIAN PROCESSES; AERODYNAMIC SURFACE ROUGHNESS; REMOTE SENSING; SAND DUNES;

VEGETATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; LANDSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION INDEX; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 54749102362     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1621     Document Type: Article

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