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Ishizuka et al. 2005
Ishizuka, M., Mikami, M., Yamada, Y., Zeng, F. and Gao, W. (2005). An observational study of soil moisture effects on wind erosion at a gobi site in the Taklimakan Desert. Journal of Geophysical Research 110. doi: 10.1029/2004JD004709. issn: 0148-0227.

The measurements at a gobi site suggest that (1) saltation mass flux q(z) is particle size and soil moisture-dependent and (2) a simple relationship exists between q and wind speed u and threshold wind speed ut($theta$). The ut($theta$) in wet conditions ($theta$ = 0.009 m3 m-3) was estimated to be 9.5 m s-1 at a height of 3.8 m. This value is 1.27 times larger than that in dry condition, which corresponds to F¿can et al.'s theoretical result. The $hat{q}$(D) in wet conditions was smaller than that in dry conditions for the particles of 69--203 ¿m in diameter. However, for 38 and 54 ¿m particles, the $hat{q}$ did not change in both dry and wet conditions. Furthermore, long-term monitoring showed that (1) the ground surface was dry during Aeolian Dust Experiment on Climate Impact (ADEC)-Intensive Observation Period (IOP) 1 (8--21 April 2002), whereas it was wet during ADEC-IOP2 (16--27 March 2003) because of snowfall at the beginning of March, and (2) the visibility frequently became worse during warm season when strong winds over the threshold wind speed blew and was dry.

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801, 4906), Hydrology, Remote sensing, Hydrology, Instruments and techniques, monitoring, Atmospheric Processes, Boundary layer processes, Atmospheric Processes, Land/atmosphere interactions (1218, 1631, 1843), Asian dust, Taklimakan Desert, soil moisture, wind erosion, saltation, gobi
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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