Observations of wind-blown sand under various meteorological conditions at a beach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Udo, Keiko ^a   Kuriyama, Yoshiaki ^b   Jackson, Derek W T ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; DATA SET; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINFALL; STORM; WIND DIRECTION; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 61849122866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000936     Document Type: Article

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