Statistical characteristics of wind erosion events in the erosion area of Northern China

• Published in: Catena (Giessen) Vol. 167; pp. 399 - 410
• Main Authors: Shen, Yaping, Zhang, Chunlai, Wang, Xuesong, Zou, Xueyong, Kang, Liqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.08.2018
• Subjects: China; Level of wind erosion event; Threshold wind velocity; wind erosion; Wind erosion event; wind speed; Wind speed distribution; China; Wind speed distribution; Wind erosion event; Level of wind erosion event; Threshold wind velocity

A wind erosion event is the basic minimum unit of an aeolian process. To understand the characteristics of such events, we analyzed wind speed data from 1980 to 2015 from 151 meteorological stations in the area of northern China subject to wind erosion. We classified wind erosion events into 15 leve...