Recalibrating aeolian sand transport models

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-178

  Sherman, Douglas J ^a   Li, Bailiang ^b   Ellis, Jean T ^c   Farrell, Eugene J ^d,g   Maia, Luis Parente ^e   Granja, Helena ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^g NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Apparent von K rm n parameter; Initiation of motion; Sand transport rate models; Shear velocity

Indexed keywords

A-COEFFICIENT; AEOLIAN SAND; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL CONSTANTS; FORCED REGRESSION; INITIATION OF MOTION; LEAST SQUARE; NON-LINEAR REGRESSION; RECALIBRATIONS; SAND TRANSPORT RATE; SHEAR VELOCITIES; TRANSPORT RATE;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; RATE CONSTANTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EOLIAN PROCESS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 84872811362     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3310     Document Type: Article

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