Numerical modeling of the wind flow over a transverse dune

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Araújo, Ascânio D ^a   Parteli, Eric J R ^b   Pöschel, Thorsten ^b   Andrade, José S ^a   Herrmann, Hans J ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84885149579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02858     Document Type: Article

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