Spatial patterns of aeolian sediment deposition in vegetation canopies: Observations from wind tunnel experiments using colored sand

Aeolian Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-73

  Suter Burri, Katrin ^a,b   Gromke, Christof ^a,c   Leonard, Katherine C ^a,d   Graf, Frank ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colored sand; Erosion; Vegetation; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; DEPOSITION; ENTRAINMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND; VEGETATION COVER; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL;

LOLIUM PERENNE; POACEAE;

EID: 84871083013     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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