Planetary dune analogues: a special issue on integrating models,remote sensing and field data |
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| Authors: | Mark A Bishop |
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| Institution: | 1. Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA;2. School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia |
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| Abstract: | This article reports on the Special Issue of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms dedicated to planetary dune analogues and the advances that have been made through the integration of remote sensing and terrestrial field data to better model and understand aeolian systems. The 11 articles presented demonstrate a spectrum of analytical techniques that are employed to investigate ripples, dunes, draa and ergs across a variety of spatial and temporal scales. Nine of the papers involve innovative research about aeolian bedforms and processes, while the final two papers are examples of how vast quantities of data may be organized and scrutinized using a GIScience approach. Based on these 11 papers and the many abstracts archived in a series of three planetary dunes workshops at the Lunar Planetary Institute ( http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/abstracts.shtml ; LPI Contributions 1403, 1552, and 1673) it is evident that there exists diverse and complementary approaches to the comparative study of landforms and processes for terrestrial and extra‐terrestrial aeolian landscapes that is driven by a vibrant international community of scientists and educators that engage in the cross‐fertilization of ideas. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | planetary dune analogues Special Issue aeolian |
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