Comparison of different mass transport equations for wind erosion quantication purposes in southwest Iran: A wind tunnel study

The objective of this study was to assess the efficiency of three mathematical models (power, exponential and logarithmic functions) for the calculation of the horizontal mass transport (HMT), as compared to the linear spline interpolation for the Cyclone Dust Sampler (CDS) and one with a Cone (CDSC), modified Wilson and Cooke trap (MWAC) and big spring number eight (BSNE). For the purposes of this study, wind erosion was measured at wind velocities of 2–7 ms−1 on a clay loam soil in wind tunnel experiments. The test results showed that the HMT of BSNE, MWAC, CDS, and CDSC samplers, calculated by these equations, fitted well to each other (p