Research Catalog

Title

Physics and modelling of wind erosion / by Yaping Shao.

Author

Shao, Yaping.

Publication

[New York?] : Springer, [2008], ©2008.

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Description

xv, 452 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.

Summary

"This book provides a comprehensive summary of the recent developments in wind-erosion research and a clear outline of its future directions. The physics of wind erosion, from particle entrainment to transport and deposition, is described with rigor from the viewpoints of fluid dynamics and soil physics. The techniques tor quantitative wind-erosion prediction through computational modelling constitutes a unique feature of this book in contrast to others published in the same field. The author has advocated the development of integrated wind-erosion modelling systems which couple dynamic models for the atmosphere and land surface with spatially distributed data for land-surface conditions. The successful applications of such a system have demonstrated its usefulness in wind-erosion assessment and prediction on regional to continental scales."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Atmospheric and oceanographic sciences library ; v. 37

Uniform Title

Atmospheric and oceanographic sciences library ; v. 37.

Subject

Wind erosion

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-445) and index.

Contents

1. Wind Erosion and Wind-Erosion Research -- 2. Wind-Erosion Climatology -- 3. Atmospheric Boundary Layer and Atmospheric Modelling -- 4. Land-Surface Modelling -- 5. Basic Aspects of Wind Erosion -- 6. The Dynamics and Modelling of Saltation -- 7. Dust Emission -- 8. Dust Transport and Deposition -- 9. Integrated Wind-Erosion Modelling -- 10. Sand Dunes, Dynamics and Modelling -- 11. Techniques for Wind-Erosion Measurements -- 12. Concluding Remarks.

ISBN

• 9781402088940
• 1402088949

LCCN

99932008710

OCLC

• ocn233934655
• 233934655
• SCSB-5446636

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries