An improved parameterization of wind-blown sand flux on Mars that includes the effect of hysteresis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Kok, Jasper F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; DUST PARTICLE; HOPPING MOTIONS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SAND FLUX; SAND GRAINS; SAND TRANSPORT; WIND SPEED;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS;

HYSTERESIS;

DUNE; HYSTERESIS; MARS; PARAMETERIZATION; RIPPLE; SALTATION; SAND; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77954412912     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043646     Document Type: Article

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