High resolution measured and modelled three-dimensional airflow over a coastal bowl blowout

Geomorphology

Volumn 177-178, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-73

  Smyth, Thomas A G ^a   Jackson, Derek W T ^a   Cooper, J Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeolian; Blowout; CFD (computational fluid dynamics); Coastal dunes; Turbulence; Ultrasonic anemometer

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; BLOWOUT; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEFLATION; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; FLOW MODELING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84868210220     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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