Spatial and temporal trends in wind erosion of Australian rangelands during 1960 to 2005 using the Dust Storm Index (DSI)
Griffith University
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
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- Spatial and temporal trends in wind erosion of Australian rangelands during 1960 to 2005 using the Dust Storm Index (DSI) (PDF - 2,855 KB)
- Spatial and temporal trends in wind erosion of Australian rangelands during 1960 to 2005 using the Dust Storm Index (DSI) (PDF - 2915 KB)
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These statistics provide useful regional scale estimates of wind erosion activity, however there are data limitations arising from the low and uneven spatial density of stations which reduce the reliability of the data produced by this “cookie cutting” technique. The temporal trend of DSI for the rangelands as a whole shows a high level of episodicity which is driven mainly by drought, but as drought seldom affects the whole continent DSI maps for 5 time periods between 1960 and 2005 are informative.
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