The application of terrestrial laser scanning to aeolian saltation cloud measurement and its response to changing surface moisture

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-278

  Nield, Joanna M ^a   Wiggs, Giles F S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian sediment transport; Protodune; Saltation; Surface moisture; Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS)

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; PROTODUNE; SALTATION; SURFACE MOISTURE; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

BEACHES; LASER APPLICATIONS; MOISTURE; SCANNING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEBECK EFFECT; SOIL MECHANICS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 78851468900     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2102     Document Type: Letter

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