Published January 1, 2012
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The effect of vegetation patterns on wind-blown mass transport at the regional scale: A wind tunnel experiment
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- 1. Wageningen Univ, Land Degradat & Dev Grp, NL-6700 AA Wageningen, Netherlands
- 2. Univ Utrecht, Fac Geosci, Dept Phys Geog, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands
- 3. Ankara Univ, Dept Soil Sci & Plant Nutr, Fac Agr, Diskapi, Turkey
- 4. Univ Ghent, UNESCO Chair Eremol, Dept Soil Management, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Wind erosion is a global environmental problem. Re-vegetating land is a commonly used method to reduce the negative effects of wind erosion. However, there is limited knowledge on the effect of vegetation pattern on wind-blown mass transport. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of vegetation pattern on this phenomenon within a land unit and at the border between land units. Wind tunnel experiments were conducted with artificial shrubs representing Atriplex halimus. Wind runs at a speed of 11 m s(-1) were conducted and sand translocation was measured after 200-230 s using a graph paper prepared for this purpose.
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