What Determines The Size Of Giant Dunes?
Saturday, March 7, 2009 - 18:49
in Astronomy & Space
Physicists have shown that the size of giant dunes is controlled by the depth of the atmospheric convective boundary layer. More specifically, the physicists have shown that such dunes grow through the accumulation of small superimposed dunes, and that their growth is limited by interaction with a part of the atmosphere called the inversion layer, which confines wind flow around the dunes.