Enhancement in wind-driven sand transport by electric fields

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 804-808

  Rasmussen, Keld R ^a   Kok, Jasper F ^b   Merrison, Jonathan P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Erosion and weathering; Interactions with particles and fields; Land atmosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EROSION MECHANISMS; FIELD STRENGTHS; INTERACTIONS WITH PARTICLES AND FIELDS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LAND/ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; SAND TRANSPORTS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; TRANSPORT DYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; EROSION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; WEATHERING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 67349239013     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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