Turbulent flow structures and aeolian sediment transport over a barchan sand dune

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wiggs, G F S ^a   Weaver, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; HIGH FREQUENCY; QUADRANT ANALYSIS; SAND DUNES; SAND TRANSPORT; SONIC ANEMOMETER; TOE REGION; TURBULENT STRUCTURES; WIND VELOCITIES;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AIRFLOW; ANEMOMETER; BARCHAN; EOLIAN PROCESS; FLOW STRUCTURE; SALTATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84858265935     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL050847     Document Type: Article

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