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(a)
Primary flow
Flow separation zone
Secondary flow
(b)
SSW - SW winds
Easterly winds
Crest line
Local flow direction
Superimposed
dune
Flow separation
Figure 19.10
Flow separation and diversion in the lee of a linear dune: (a) field view of flow in the lee of a simple linear dune;
(b) schematic of flow over the same dune in different wind regimes (after Bristow, Bailey and Lancaster, 2000).
