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predicted by previous theory. This is significant in meteorology because it is primarily the saltation of sand particles which dislodges smaller dust particles into the atmosphere. Dust particles and other aerosols such as soot affect the amount of sunlight received by the atmosphere and earth, and are nuclei for condensation of the water vapour.
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or less for particles in air). For these particles, vertical drag forces due to turbulent fluctuations in the fluid are similar in magnitude to the weight of the particle. These smaller particles are carried by the fluid in suspension, and advected downstream. The smaller the particle, the less
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A 2008 study found that saltating sand particles induces a static electric field by friction. Saltating sand acquires a negative charge relative to the ground which in turn loosens more sand particles which then begin saltating. This process has been found to double the number of particles
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creates most of the dust in dust storms. In rivers, this process repeats continually, gradually eroding away the river bed, but also transporting-in fresh material from upstream.
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Rice, M. A.; Willetts, B. B.; McEwan, I. K. (1995). "An experimental study of multiple grain-size ejecta produced by collisions of saltating grains with a flat bed".
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Sand hitting sand is more likely to stick; sand hitting a more coherent surface is more likely to bounce. This feedback loop helps sand accumulate to create
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Zhang, Ning; Lee, Sang Joon; Chen, Ting-Guo (January 2015). "Trajectories of saltating sand particles behind a porous fence".
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Kok, Jasper; Parteli, Eric; Michaels, Timothy I; Karam, Diana Bou (2012). "The physics of wind-blown sand and dust".
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At low fluid velocities, loose material rolls downstream, staying in contact with the surface. This is called
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important the downward pull of gravity, and the longer the particle is likely to stay in suspension. A
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the porous wind fence effectively abates the further evolution of saltating sand particles
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Almeida, M. P.; Parteli, E. J. R.; Andrade, J. S.; Herrmann, H. J. (29 April 2008).
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can mitigate saltation by reducing particle speed, and sand accumulates on the
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The speed at which the flow can move particles by saltation is given by the
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Once the wind speed reaches a certain critical value, termed the
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Electric Sand Findings, University of Michigan Jan. 6, 2008
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Close up of dune sand saltation, Kansas State University
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generally affects small particles ('small' means ~70
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Index


geology
Latin
saltus
particle
fluids
wind
water
pebble
sand
soil
snow
Arctic
Canadian Prairies
Bagnold formula
Suspension
micrometres
fence designed with holes
leeward


dunes
avalanches
Aeolian landform
Aeolian processes
Bagnold formula
Saltation (biology)
Saltatory conduction
The Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes
Bagnold, Ralph

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