A wind tunnel simulation of the effects of stoss slope on the lee airflow pattern over a two-dimensional transverse dune

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Dong, Zhibao ^a   Qian, Guangqiang ^a   Luo, Wanyin ^a   Wang, Hongtao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; DUNE FORMATION; LEE WAVE; SIMULATION; SLOPE ANGLE; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 36249009101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000686     Document Type: Article

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