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Cheryl McKenna Neuman

Cheryl McKenna Neuman

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
4108
World Ranking
7007
National Ranking
357

Overview

Cheryl McKenna Neuman is affiliated with Trent University in Canada and focuses their research primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their scientific output emphasizes the study of Earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, global and planetary change, soil science, and pollution.

The main topics addressed in Neuman's research include aeolian processes and effects, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, soil erosion and sediment transport, microplastics and plastic pollution, particle dynamics in fluid flows, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, and geology and paleoclimatology research.

Neuman has contributed to multiple research publications, several of which have appeared repeatedly in key venues such as the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Aeolian Research, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, and Atmospheric Environment.

Some of the recent papers authored by Neuman cover a range of environmental and earth science topics:

  • Preferential transport of microplastics by wind, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • Effects of Shape and Size on Microplastic Atmospheric Settling Velocity, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Particle-scale characterization of volcaniclastic dust sources within Iceland, 2020, Sedimentology
  • A wind tunnel and field evaluation of various dust suppressants, 2020, Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association
  • Laboratory Investigation of Particle-Scale Factors Affecting the Settling Velocity of Volcaniclastic Dust, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Frequent collaborators with whom Neuman has coauthored multiple articles include Patrick O'Brien, Joanna E. Bullard, Tamar Richards-Thomas, Colette Alexia Preston, and John A. Gillies. These collaborations have contributed to a concentrated body of research in environmental and atmospheric processes.

Best Publications

  • Effects of temperature and humidity upon the transport of sedimentary particles by wind

    Cheryl McKenna Neuman

  • Preferential transport of microplastics by wind

    Joanna E. Bullard;Annie Ockelford;Patrick O'Brien;Cheryl McKenna Neuman

  • Wind transport of sand surfaces crusted with photoautotrophic microorganisms

    Cheryl McKenna Neuman;Christine D. Maxwell;J. Wayne Boulton

  • Wind tunnel evaluation of a wedge-shaped aeolian sediment trap

    W.G. Nickling;C. McKenna Neuman

  • Effects of Temperature and Humidity upon the Entrainment of Sedimentary Particles by Wind

    Cheryl Mckenna Neuman

  • Sediment flux and airflow on the stoss slope of a barchan dune

    N. Lancaster;W.G. Nickling;C.K.McKenna Neuman;V.E. Wyatt

  • Relations between dune morphology, air flow, and sediment flux on reversing dunes, Silver Peak, Nevada

    C. McKENNA Neuman;N. Lancaster;W. G. Nickling

  • Momentum extraction with saltation: implications for experimental evaluation of wind profile parameters

    C. McKenna Neuman;W. G. Nickling

  • A review of aeolian transport processes in cold environments

    Cheryl McKenna Neuman

  • Aeolian Sediment Transport

    William G. Nickling;Cheryl McKenna Neuman

  • An experimental study on the susceptibility of crusted surfaces to wind erosion: A comparison of the strength properties of biotic and salt crusts

    Greg Langston;Cheryl McKenna Neuman

  • Development of deflation lag surfaces

    W. G. Nickling;C. McKENNA Neuman

  • The effect of unsteady winds on sediment transport on the stoss slope of a transverse dune, Silver Peak, NV, USA

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  • Wind tunnel simulation of environmental controls on fugitive dust emissions from mine tailings

    Cheryl McKenna Neuman;J. Wayne Boulton;Steven Sanderson

  • Boundary-layer turbulence characteristics during aeolian saltation

    Bailiang Li;Cheryl McKenna Neuman

  • A wind tunnel study of the influence of pore water on aeolian sediment transport

    Cheryl McKenna Neuman;Marianne Maljaars Scott

  • Humidity control of particle emissions in aeolian systems

    Cheryl McKenna Neuman;Steven Sanderson

  • Grainfall processes in the lee of transverse dunes, Silver Peak, Nevada

    W. G. Nickling;C. Mckenna Neuman;N. Lancaster

  • Measurement of water content as a control of particle entrainment by wind

    Cheryl McKenna Neuman;Greg Langston

  • Observations of winter aeolian transport and niveo-aeolian deposition at Crater-Lake, Pangnirtung Pass, N.W.T., Canada.

    Cheryl Mckenna Neuman

  • A wind tunnel study of the resilience of three fungal crusts to particle abrasion during aeolian sediment transport

    Cheryl McKenna Neuman;Christine Maxwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Giles F.S. Wiggs
Giles F.S. Wiggs University of Oxford
William G. Nickling
William G. Nickling University of Guelph
Joanna E. Bullard
Joanna E. Bullard Loughborough University
Chris H. Hugenholtz
Chris H. Hugenholtz University of Calgary
Peter Ashmore
Peter Ashmore University of Western Ontario
Patrick A. Hesp
Patrick A. Hesp Flinders University
Bernard O. Bauer
Bernard O. Bauer University of British Columbia
Ian J. Walker
Ian J. Walker University of California, Santa Barbara
Robert G. Bryant
Robert G. Bryant University of Sheffield
Derek Jackson
Derek Jackson University of Ulster

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