A history of Wind Erosion Prediction Models in the United States Department of Agriculture: The Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS)

Aeolian Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-24

  Wagner, Larry E ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate generation; Crop rotations; Modeling; Wind erosion; Wind erosion databases; Wind erosion models

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; DATABASE; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84880327946     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2012.10.001     Document Type: Review

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