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Dust devils: Characteristics of the forward motion from a Saharan survey
Esposito, Francesca; Ruggeri, Alan Cosimo; Silvestro, Simone +6 more
Dust devils have been proposed as a tool to investigate martian near-ground wind conditions. However, further studies are needed in order to fully understand how background atmospheric conditions affect dust devil forward motion. One of the main issues is related to the lack of synchronous acquisition of the dust devils forward speed and ambient w…
Our evolving understanding of aeolian bedforms, based on observation of dunes on different worlds
Radebaugh, Jani; Tirsch, Daniela; Kreslavsky, Mikhail +3 more
Dunes, dune fields, and ripples are unique and useful records of the interaction between wind and granular materials - finding such features on a planetary surface immediately suggests certain information about climate and surface conditions (at least during the dunes' formation and evolution). Additionally, studies of dune characteristics under n…