The response of saltation to wind speed fluctuations

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1056-1064

  Pfeifer, Sascha ^b   Schönfeldt, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Saltation; Saltiphone; Time lag; Transfer function; Wiener filter

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN; SALTATION; SALTIPHONE; TIME LAG; WIENER FILTERS;

ANEMOMETERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

WIND EFFECTS;

EOLIAN PROCESS; PARAMETERIZATION; SALTATION; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84864761567     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3227     Document Type: Article

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