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Surface and Meteorological Data of Saltation and Ripple Dynamics at Huab Dune Field, Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia 2014, 2016 and 2018

This dataset includes raw point cloud data from repeat terrestrial laser scans (TLS) of rippled surfaces on barchan and dome dunes within the Huab Dune Field, Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia. This raw data can be used to extract saltation height dynamics as well as 3D ripple data including celerity. As well as the TLS data, additional measurements of the wind speed through a CSAT 3D sonic anemometer or cup anemometer and sediment transport using a Sensit and Wenglor gate sensor.

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Date (Creation)
2023-10-04
Identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608112
Originator
  University of Southampton - Joanna Nield ( School of Geography and Environmental Science )
Highfield , Southampton , SO17 1BJ ,
Originator
  University of Oxford - Giles Wiggs ( School of Geography and the Environment )
South Parks Road , Oxford , OX1 3QY ,
Originator
  University of Loughborough - Matthew Baddock ( Geography and Environment )
Loughborough , LE11 3TU ,
Originator
  University of Hull - Pauline Delorme
Distributor
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
Maintenance and update frequency
notApplicable notApplicable
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • NGDC Deposited Data
  • Aeolian sediments
  • Aeolian
  • Aeolian environment
  • Laser surveys
  • Saltation
dataCentre
  • NGDC Deposited Data
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.
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Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
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Date (Revision)
2009

Geographic identifier
NAM

Date (Revision)
2009

Geographic identifier
NAMIBIA [id=665000]

Date (Creation)
1979

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Begin date
2014-09-06
End date
2018-09-08
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84 (EPSG::4326)
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  British Geological Survey - Enquiries
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Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation
See the referenced specification
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No

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
Pass
No
Statement
Leica P20 TLS was used to collect the topographic and saltation height measurements over a 1 m square area with a resolution of 0.8 mm or 0.016 m at 10 m. Each data set has been placed in a local coordinate system and orientated to the wind direction. Details on the specific scan times and resolution for each scan are included in the dataset. The CSAT 3D sonic anemometer was positioned 0.5 m above the surface for the 2014 dataset and the cup anemometer was placed at 0.24 m above the surface for the 2016 and 2018 datasets.
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-13
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  British Geological Survey
Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth , NOTTINGHAM , NOTTINGHAMSHIRE , NG12 5GG , United Kingdom
+44 115 936 3100
Dataset URI
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608112
 
 

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