Dust devils in the laboratory: Effect of surface roughness on vortex dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Neakrase, Lynn D V ^a   Greeley, Ronald ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; DUST DEVIL; MARS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VORTEX;

EID: 77953097759     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003465     Document Type: Article

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