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Transport of Soil and Snow by Wind

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Agricultural Meteorology

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Wind removes, deposits and mixes soil and snow. On soil, these actions are virtually permanent, but on snow they disappear with the snow.

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Chepil, W.S. (1965). Transport of Soil and Snow by Wind. In: Agricultural Meteorology. Meteorological Monographs, vol 6. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-940033-58-7_7

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