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Wind Characteristics of Mesquite Streets in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico, USA

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Gillette, Dale A, Herrick, Jeffrey E, and Herbert, Gary A, Wind Characteristics of Mesquite Streets in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico, USA: .

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Past research has shown that the most important areas for active sand movement in the northern part of the Chihuahuan Desert are mesquite-dominated desert ecosystems possessing sandy soil texture. The most active sand movement in the mesquite-dominated ecosystems has been shown to take place on elongated bare soil patches referred to as streets . Aerodynamic properties of mesquite streets eroded by wind should be included in explaining how mesquite streets are more emissive sand sources than surrounding desert land. To understand the effects of wind properties, we measured them at two flat mesquite sites having highly similar soil textures but very different configurations of mesquite. The differences in wind properties at the two [...]

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