Wind and rainfall are the main factors causing soil degradation processes.
Natural rain events often occur as rainstorms, adding a driving component to the falling raindrops. Unfortunately, most experimental soil erosion studies either focus on water or on wind erosion, because among other reasons, especially the comparability between wind and water sediment fluxes and rates cause problems. Nevertheless, the influence of wind on raindrops is undoubtedly strong enough to be taken into account when erosion measurements are performed. The combination of laboratory and field measurements is important to close the gap of knowledge on the single and combined processes.
This session is about the physics of both processes, wind and water erosion, and the combination of both. Therefore, we want to strike out the complex interactions between wind and rainfall on soil degradation processes. Contributions regarding all aspects of the measurement of physical processes of wind and rainfall as well as wind-driven-rain in field and laboratory are welcome.