Evaluation of a new model of aeolian transport in the presence of vegetation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 288-306

  Li, Junran ^a,b   Okin, Gregory S ^b   Herrick, Jeffrey E ^a   Belnap, Jayne ^c   Miller, Mark E ^d   Vest, Kimberly ^e   Draut, Amy E ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; ERROR CORRECTION; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; TESTING METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877656156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20040     Document Type: Article

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