Small-scale variability in surface moisture on a fine-grained beach: Implications for modeling aeolian transport

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1333-1338

  Edwards, Brandon L ^a   Namikas, Steven L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian sand transport; Beach surface moisture; Sampling scheme

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN SAND TRANSPORT; AEOLIAN TRANSPORT; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; DATA SETS; GRID DATA; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; MOISTURE CONTENTS; MOISTURE LEVEL; SAMPLING SCHEME; SMALL SCALE VARIABILITY; SPATIAL SCALE; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE MOISTURES;

BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

MOISTURE;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; DATA SET; EOLIAN PROCESS; MOISTURE CONTENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 69749102486     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1817     Document Type: Article

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