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Physics and Modelling of Wind Erosion (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2008)
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Physics and Modelling of Wind Erosion (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2008)
Series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, 37
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Wind erosion occurs in many arid, semiarid and agricultural areas
of the world. It is an environmental process in?uenced by
geological and climatic variations as well as human activities. In
general, wind erosion leads to land degradation in agricultural
areas and has a negative impact on air quality.
Dustemissiongeneratedbywinderosionisthelargestsourceofaerosolswhich
directly or indirectly in?uence the atmospheric radiation balance
and hence global climatic variations. Strong wind-erosion events,
such as severe dust storms, may threaten human lives and cause
substantial economic damage. The physics of wind erosion is
complex, as it involves atmospheric, soil and land-surface
processes. The research on wind erosion is multidisciplinary,
covering meteorology, ?uid dynamics, soil physics, colloidal
science, surface soil hydrology, ecology, etc. Several excellent
books have already been written about the topic, for instance, by
Bagnold (1941, The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes), Greeley
and Iversen (1985, Wind as a Geological P- cess on Earth, Mars,
Venus and Titan), Pye (1987, Aeolian Dust and Dust Deposits), Pye
and Tsoar (1990, Aeolian Sand and Sand Dunes). However,
considerable progress has been made in wind-erosion research in
recent years and there is a need to systematically document this
progress in a new book.
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