Aeolian sediment transport over vegetation canopies: A wind tunnel study with live plants

Aeolian Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-213

  Burri, Katrin ^a,b   Gromke, Christof ^a   Lehning, Michael ^a   Graf, Frank ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

PM10 concentration; Sediment mass flux; Vegetation; Wind erosion; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; EOLIAN PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VEGETATION COVER; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL;

LOLIUM PERENNE; POACEAE;

EID: 79961126850     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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