Wind-invariant saltation heights imply linear scaling of aeolian saltation flux with shear stress

Abstract

Field data show insensitivity of particle trajectories to wind speed and support linear scaling of sand flux with wind stress.

Document Details

• Document Type: Pub Defense Publication
• Publication Date: Jun 02, 2017
• Source ID: 10.1126/sciadv.1602569

Entities

People

• Jasper Kok
• Raleigh L Martin

Organizations

• Army Research Office
• Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
• Division of Earth Sciences
• University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

Readers

• Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
• Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
• Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.