Threshold wind velocity as an index of soil susceptibility to wind erosion under variable climatic conditions

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-21

  De Oro, Laura A ^a   Buschiazzo, Daniel E ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Climatic conditions; Saltation activity; Threshold wind velocity; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; WIND;

ARGENTINA; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARD NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; THRESHOLD WINDS; WIND EROSION PREDICTIONS; WIND EROSIONS;

EROSION;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HUMIDITY; MODELING; SALTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 68649113349     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.863     Document Type: Article

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