Modelling wind-blown sediment transport around single vegetation elements

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1218-1229

  Leenders, Jakolien K ^a,b   Sterk, Geert ^c   Van Boxel, John H ^d  

^a HKV CONSULTANTS   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Modelling; Sahel; Scattered vegetation; Sediment transport; Wind erosion; Wind speed pattern

Indexed keywords

MODELLING; SAHEL; SCATTERED VEGETATION; WIND EROSION; WIND SPEED PATTERN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; SPEED; VEGETATION; WIND EFFECTS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

BURKINA FASO; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 80054965528     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2147     Document Type: Article

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