Sediment Transport: Instrumentation and Methodologies

Coastal aeolian sediment transport in an active bed surface layer: Tracer study and conceptual model

“…Point measurements of wind speed and proxies of sediment fluxes are often collected to derive/validate relationships between sediment fluxes and the local wind speed (e.g., Davidson‐Arnott et al., 2005; de Vries et al., 2014; Hoonhout & de Vries, 2017). However, wind speed and sediment transport measured with point measurement methods such as cup, vane, or sonic anemometers and sediment traps, saltiphones, or laser sensors, respectively, only give an indication of transport at one location (Black et al., 2017; van Rijn, 2019; White, 1998). They do not provide information on the spatial patterns of wind speed or sediment particle transport.…”

“…Ripples primarily transport sediment in the form of creep (Sharp, 1963). The creep transport rates associated with ripple migration have been related to the total sediment transport rates (Sherman et al, 2019) indication of transport at one location (Black et al, 2017;van Rijn, 2019;White, 1998). They do not provide information on the spatial patterns of wind speed or sediment particle transport.…”