A CFD study of wind patterns over a desert dune and the effect on seed dispersion

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-44

  Joubert, Eugéne C ^a   Harms, Thomas M ^a   Muller, Annethea ^b   Hipondoka, Martin ^b   Henschel, Joh R ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^c DESERT RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Dune; Particle tracking

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESERT; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN PROCESS; MAPPING; PARTICLE MOTION; SEED DISPERSAL; SHEAR STRESS; TERRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA;

EID: 84855940959     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-011-9230-3     Document Type: Article

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