Aeolian sand transport: Scaling of mean saltation length and height and implications for mass flux scaling

•Saltation model explains why mean saltation trajectory is insensitive to grain size.•Results suggest mean saltation trajectory is not much affected by splash ejection.•Results favor Duran et al. (2011)- over Ungar and Haff (1987)-scaling of mass flux.•Results support recent claim that saturated mass flux is insensitive to soil cohesion.•Results may have implications for aeolian ripple formation on Mars.