Modeling aeolian erosion in presence of vegetation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-187

  Dupont, S ^a,b   Bergametti, G ^c   Simoens S ^d  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

erosion; large eddy simulation; saltation; vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; EOLIAN PROCESS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALTATION; SAND; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; TREE; VEGETATION; WIND EROSION;

EID: 84896511530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002875     Document Type: Article

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