Evaluation of a wind erosion model in a desert area of northern Asia by eddy covariance

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1743-1757

  Fratini, Gerardo ^a   Santini, Monia ^a   Ciccioli, Paolo ^b   Valentini, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dust sand storm; Gobi desert; Particle eddy covariance; Wind erosion model

Indexed keywords

DESERT AREA; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EDDY COVARIANCE; GOBI DESERT; HORIZONTAL WINDS; LABORATORY DETERMINATIONS; MINERAL DUST; MODEL PREDICTION; NORMAL ORIENTATION; PARTICLE EDDY COVARIANCE; SOIL PARAMETERS; VERTICAL FLUXES; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND EROSION MODEL; WIND EROSIONS;

DUST; FORECASTING; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; STORMS;

EROSION;

DUST STORM; EDDY COVARIANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE MOTION; PREDICTION; SOIL EROSION; WIND EROSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOBI DESERT;

EID: 70350430625     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1857     Document Type: Article

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