Temperate grasslands as a dust source: Knowledge, uncertainties, and challenges

Aeolian Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 271-293

  Shinoda, M ^a   Gillies, J A ^b   Mikami, M ^c   Shao, Y ^d  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dust emission; Dust storm; Land degradation; Vegetation effect; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST STORM; EMISSION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KNOWLEDGE; LAND DEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WIND EROSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80054884330     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2011.07.001     Document Type: Review

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