Relevance of fast westerlies at equinox for the eastward elongation of Titan's dunes

Aeolian Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 113-127

  Tokano, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Dunes; Meteorology; Reversing dunes; Titan

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUNE; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WIND; TITAN; WESTERLY; WIND;

EID: 78249235286     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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