A field observational study of electrification within a dust storm in Minqin, China

Aeolian Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-47

  Bo, Tian Li ^a   Zheng, Xiao Jing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrification of wind blown sand; Horizontal electric field; Simultaneous field observation; Vertical electric field; Wind blown sand flux

Indexed keywords

DUST STORM; ELECTRIC FIELD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SAND; TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; GANSU; MINQIN;

EID: 84870701491     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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