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Title: AERO, a wind erosion modeling framework with applications to monitoring data

Author
item EDWARDS, BRANDON - New Mexico State University
item WEBB, NICHOLAS - New Mexico State University
item McCord, Sarah

Submitted to: Soil and Water Conservation Society Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/5/2018
Publication Date: 7/29/2018
Citation: Edwards, B.L., Webb, N.P., Mccord, S.E. 2018. AERO, a wind erosion modeling framework with applications to monitoring data [abstract]. 73rd Soil and Water Conservation Society International Annual Conference. July 29-August 1, 2018.Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The Aeolian Erosion Model (AERO) is a flexible aeolian transport and dust emission modeling framework developed to inform fundamental research and provide decision support for land managers. The model simulates size-resolved horizontal and vertical mass flux on the plot scale from user inputs of meteorological, soil and vegetation data via user-selectable drag portioning, transport and emission schemes. AERO is adaptable to many research and management applications over a range of site conditions and can leverage emerging large-scale ecological datasets to provide new opportunities to evaluate aeolian sediment transport responses to land surface conditions, potential interactions with disturbances and ecological change, and impacts of anthropogenic land use and land cover change.