Protocols for characterizing aeolian mass-flux profiles

Aeolian Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-26

  Ellis, J T ^a   Li, B ^b   Farrell, E J ^b   Sherman, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian saltation; Field based measurements; Non linear regression analysis; Sampling methods; Sediment traps

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; EROSION; FIELD METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 71049162171     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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