Modelling Wind Erosion and Dust Emission on Vegetated Surfaces

Spatial Modelling of the Terrestrial Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 137-156

  Okin, Gregory S ^a   Gillette, Dale A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Air Resources Laboratory (MD 81)   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mineral dust; Dust emission; Histogram; Jornada Basin; Ocean fertilization; Saltation mass flux; Spatially explicit wind erosion and dust flux model (SWEMO); TOMS; TOMS aerosol index; Wind erosion modelling

Indexed keywords

EROSION;

AEROSOL INDEX; ATMOSPHERIC MINERAL DUST; DUST EMISSION; HISTOGRAM; JORNADA BASIN; OCEAN FERTILIZATION; TOMS; WIND EROSIONS;

DUST;

EID: 84948968651     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470094001.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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