Figure
14. Wind
flow over an embryo dune. From
measurements of wind velocity, the heights above the sand surface at
which the wind reached the horizontal velocities from 0-10 m/sec were
calculated. In the central
region of the transect, a reversal of the direction of air movement was
noted and is represented as a negative velocity (-2 m/sec).
The topography and the position, height, and density of the dune
grasses are depicted (from Willis et al. 1959). |