Investigation of three‐dimensional wind flow behaviour over coastal dune morphology under offshore winds using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and ultrasonic anemometry

Remote sensing and spatial analysis of aeolian sand dunes: A review and outlook

“…Topography can be used as initial conditions for dune field-scale computational fluid dynamics simulations (e.g. Jackson et al, 2011;Liu et al, 2011). Reitz et al (2010) used multi-temporal LiDAR data from White Sands, New Mexico to validate a numerical dune model.…”

Turbulent Reynolds stress and quadrant event activity in wind flow over a coastal foredune

“…Mean and turbulent flow properties over foredunes are controlled by topographic forcing and steering effects and are sensitive to changes in incident flow angle (e.g., Lynch et al, 2009;Walker et al, 2009aWalker et al, , 2009bJackson et al, 2011). Average flow conditions and turbulent flow properties for the subset of four runs are shown in Table 1.…”

A Wireless Sensor Network Framework for Real-Time Monitoring of Height and Volume Variations on Sandy Beaches and Dunes

“…The proposed WSN architecture for the monitoring of sand layer variations is expected to be integrated in a wider IoT framework envisaging the adoption of additional typologies of sensor nodes [47]: these include weather stations similar to the one presented in [48], but characterized by lower costs and reduced power consumption (hence lower performances than an ultrasonic station) and able to measure the intensity and direction of wind at three different heights in 2D (excluding the more complex vertical dimension). Another feature of this wider architecture in common with the described applications will be the use of sand traps, to which weight sensors will be added in order to automatically measure the quantity of sand transported by wind and captured by them.…”