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Vegetation in Drylands: Effects on Wind Flow and Aeolian Sediment Transport

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Mayaud, Jerome, Webb, Nicholas·2017·Land
DOI 10.3390/land6030064
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Drylands are characterised by patchy vegetation, erodible surfaces and erosive aeolian processes. Empirical and modelling studies have shown that vegetation elements provide drag on the overlying airflow, thus affecting wind velocity profiles and altering erosive dynamics on desert surfaces. However, these dynamics are significantly complicated by a variety of factors, including turbulence, and vegetation porosity and pliability effects. This has resulted in some uncertainty about the effect of vegetation on sediment transport in drylands. Here, we review recent progress in our understanding of the effects of dryland vegetation on wind flow and aeolian sediment transport processes. In particular, wind transport models have played a key role in simplifying aeolian processes in partly vegetated landscapes, but a number of key uncertainties and challenges remain. We identify potential future avenues for research that would help to elucidate the roles of vegetation distribution, geometry and scale in shaping the entrainment, transport and redistribution of wind-blown material at multiple scales. Gaps in our collective knowledge must be addressed through a combination of rigorous field, wind tunnel and modelling experiments.

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  • On beaches with sparse vegetation, the wind will locally slow down and divert around the vegetation, leading to sedimentation in the wake of the vegetation.

    “On beaches with sparse vegetation, the wind will locally slow down and divert around the vegetation, leading to sedimentation in the wake of the vegetation (Mayaud and Webb, 2017).”

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    Section 2.1 says vegetation shelters the ground, creates a wake in its lee, alters wind velocity, and traps sediment; Section 2.1.1 describes airflow around individual plants. These passages support the proposed mechanism, but they discuss dryland vegetation generally, not sparse vegetation on beaches specifically. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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Mayaud, J., & Webb, N.
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Keywords
dryland vegetation, aeolian sediment transport, wind flow, wind velocity profiles, vegetation drag, wind-blown sand, turbulent flow

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