Soil wind erosion in ecological olive trees in the Tabernas  desert
(southeastern Spain): a wind tunnel experiment

Asensio, Carlos; Lozano, Francisco Javier; Gallardo, Pedro; Giménez, Antonio

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1233-2016

Articles | Volume 7, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1233-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-7-1233-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 4

Research article

|

22 Aug 2016

Research article |

| 22 Aug 2016

Soil wind erosion in ecological olive trees in the Tabernas desert (southeastern Spain): a wind tunnel experiment

Carlos Asensio, Francisco Javier Lozano, Pedro Gallardo, and Antonio Giménez

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Final revised paper (published on 22 Aug 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 29 Apr 2016)

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Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'The full manuscript', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 May 2016
- AC1: 'Comment for referee 1', Antonio Giménez, 11 May 2016
- RC2: 'some commends', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jun 2016
AC2: 'Thank you very much for your review. We have included the suggested changes in the final text as supplement', Antonio Giménez, 08 Jun 2016
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 Jul 2016
- AC3: 'Thank you very much for your review. We have included the suggested changes in the final text annexed as supplement', Antonio Giménez, 07 Jul 2016
AC4: 'Revised paper', Antonio Giménez, 25 Jul 2016

Short summary

Climate and soil surface conditions influence the erosive capacity of the wind, causing loss of soil productivity. Wind erosion leads soil drying and its loss of nutrients, and this in turn is conditioned by soil surface compaction. The impact of management on most of soil properties and on its wind erodibility determines agricultural productivity and sustainability. We used a new wind tunnel to evaluate all these acts.