The Saltating Particle Aleurite Mode in Wind–Sand Flux over a Desertified Area
- Authors: Gorchakov G.I.1, Buntov D.V.1, Karpov A.V.1, Kopeikin V.M.1, Mirsaitov S.F.2, Gushchin R.A.1,2, Datsenko O.I.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
- MIREA Russian Technological University
- Issue: Vol 488, No 1 (2019)
- Pages: 1103-1106
- Section: Geophysics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1028-334X/article/view/195454
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X19090149
- ID: 195454
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Abstract
The saltating particle aleurite mode has been discovered in the wind–sand flux over a desertified area. The approximation of the measured saltating particle distribution was found using two lognormal distribution functions. In the wind–sand flux, the countable concentrations of aleurite and sand particles depend differently on the wind velocity in the atmospheric surface layer.
About the authors
G. I. Gorchakov
Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: gengor@ifaran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
D. V. Buntov
Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: gengor@ifaran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
A. V. Karpov
Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: gengor@ifaran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
V. M. Kopeikin
Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: gengor@ifaran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
S. F. Mirsaitov
MIREA Russian Technological University
Email: gengor@ifaran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow,
119454
R. A. Gushchin
Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences; MIREA Russian Technological University
Email: gengor@ifaran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017; Moscow,
119454
O. I. Datsenko
Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences; MIREA Russian Technological University
Email: gengor@ifaran.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017; Moscow,
119454