Wind-speed profiles over a reversing transverse dune
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Geological Society, London, Special Publications
- Vol. 72 (1) , 25-36
- https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.sp.1993.072.01.04
Abstract
Wind-speed profiles were measured within 1.5 m of the surface on the windward slope of a 7 m high transverse dune that reverses seasonally with respect to summer easterly and winter northwesterly winds. The profiles were measure along section lines normal to the dune trend at different stages of dune reversal. An independent weather station recorded relatively undisturbed flow at 6 m elevation above the surface.Keywords
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