Modeling saltation intermittency

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 7109-7128

  Dupont, S ^a   Bergametti, G ^b   Marticorena, B ^b   Simoens S ^c  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

aeolian streamer; erosion; large eddy simulation; saltation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; VELOCITY;

AEOLIAN STREAMER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; MEDIAN PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE RESPONSE TIME; SALTATING PARTICLES; SALTATION; SURFACE BOUNDARY-LAYER;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CORRELATION; DATA SET; EDDY; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EROSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SALTATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VELOCITY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84880866313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50528     Document Type: Article

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