Wind speed data

Field measurements of wind flow and sand transport were conducted over a low gradient (25 m wide beach, and concave to straight, low to moderate gradient (up to 31°), 200 m long, climbingdune slope in southern Morocco. Velocity profiles and sand transport measurements were conductedat 10 sites across this system. Site 1 was located on the flat beach, sites 2 and 3 on the gentle lowerslope (effective slope to 8 at the steepest upper portion of the slope (26-29° effective slope). Generally, the wind speedincreases significantly above site 4 and this increase is inversely proportional to the wind speed.Although a slight deviation from log-linear is evident in the wind velocity profiles, they are essentiallylog-linear, which results from the absence or low curvature of the dune’s slope over a long distance.Regardless of slope inclination, when flow accelerates, the relative increase of wind speed with heightabove the bed is higher. A total of 254 measurements of vertical mass flux distributions were analyzed,and regardless of the site topography, a flat horizontal or inclined slope, all mass flux profiles are welldescribed by an exponential-decay function.