Sand dune dynamics and climate change: A modeling approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Yizhaq, H ^a   Ashkenazy, Y ^a   Tsoar, H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DROUGHT; DUNE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; WIND POWER;

EID: 70249142588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JF001138     Document Type: Article

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