Wind-blown sand on beaches : an evaluation of models
Five models for predicting rates of aeolian sand transport were evaluated using empirical data obtained from field experiments conducted in April 1994, at a beach on Inch Spit, County Kerry, Ireland. Measurements were made of vertical wind profiles
Aeolian features ; Aeolian transport ; Arid area ; Desert ; Dune ; Grain size distribution ; Israel ; Model ; Negev ; Slope gradient ; Wind speed
Results from a three-year study are presented that integrate field work (in the Negev Desert of Israel), physical modeling (wind-tunnel testing at UC Davis), and numerical solutions of grain trajectories to model and explain sand transport over
A field investigation was conducted 9 March 1994 on a dissipative beach to compare wind characteristics and aeolian transport during and after a light rain, at Wildwood, New Jersey. The amount of sand trapped at Wilwood during rainfall is relatively
high when compared to many previous studies on beaches in the absence of rain. The great length of the beach as a source area, combined with parallel or oblique winds are significant in increasing rates of sediment transport.
This paper reports a comparative analysis of nebkha morphology in central Tunisia and northern Burkina Faso based on a total of 473 measured nebkhas. Nebkhas are mounds composed of wind-borne sediment that accumulated around shrubs. The importance