Modelling a dune field

A.r Lima, G Sauermann, H.j Herrmann and K Kroy

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2002, vol. 310, issue 3, 487-500

Abstract: We present a model to describe the collective motion of barchan dunes in a field. Our model is able to reproduce the observation that a typical dune stays confined within a stripe. We also obtain some of the pattern structures which resemble those observed from aerial photos which we do analyse and compare with the specific field of Laâyounne.

Keywords: Dune fields; Barchan; Computer simulation; Image analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)00546-0

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