The effect of wind averaging time on wind erosivity estimation

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 797-802

  Guo, Zhongling ^a   Zobeck, Ted M ^b   Stout, John E ^b   Zhang, Keli ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Revised Wind Erosion Equation (RWEQ); Wind averaging time; Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS); Wind erosivity; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

AVERAGING TIME; EROSIVITY; FIELD SCALE; SOIL EROSION; WIND DATA; WIND EROSIONS; WIND POWER DENSITY; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED DATA;

ESTIMATION; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

EROSION;

ESTIMATION METHOD; PREDICTION; SOIL EROSION; WIND EROSION; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84861945579     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3222     Document Type: Article

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