Advances in Earth Science ›› 2018, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 27-41. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2018.01.0027

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Review and Prospect of the Study on Soil Wind Erosion Process

Chunlai Zhang 1( ), Changqing Song 1, Zhenting Wang 2, Xueyong Zou 1, Xuesong Wang 1   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, MOE Engineering Research Center of Desertification and Blown-sand Control, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
    2.Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • Received:2017-10-21 Revised:2017-11-30 Online:2018-01-10 Published:2018-03-06
  • About author:

    First author:Zhang Chunlai(1972-), male, Haiyuan County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Professor. Research areas include soil wind erosion and aeolian geomorphology.E-mail:clzhang@bnu.edu.cn

  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China “Response of soil wind erosion rate to dynamic changes of impact factors” (No.41630747) and “Parameterization of factors influencing soil wind erosion” (No.41330746)

Chunlai Zhang, Changqing Song, Zhenting Wang, Xueyong Zou, Xuesong Wang. Review and Prospect of the Study on Soil Wind Erosion Process[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2018, 33(1): 27-41.

Soil wind erosion processes include mechanical process and dynamic changes of the factors affecting soil wind erosion, as well as the corresponding changes of wind erosion rate. The former is rich in experimental and theoretical researches that have clearly defined the process of particle starting, transporting and settling. The latter focuses on the dynamic changes of various wind erosion factors and the response of soil wind erosion rate to the change of the factors, of which systematic research of which is very limited. The difficulties in research of soil wind erosion process include: ①Dynamic parameterization of wind erosion factors; ②Observation and quantitative expression of the dynamic changes of wind erosion factors; ③Scaling problem of wind erosion process; ④Prediction ability of wind erosion models. At present, it is urgent to carry out the following work on soil wind erosion. The first is to establish standard wind erosion observation field in typical regions to obtain continuous and complete data of wind erosion in the field; the second is to study the saturation path of wind sand flow to solve scale problem; and the third is to construct a wind erosion model with solid theoretical foundation and fully consider both mechanical process of soil wind erosion and dynamic changes of the factors.

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