3c293079-510f-79fc-e063-3050940acc4f English nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-01 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608491 Form-flow-saltation dynamics of aeolian sand ripples at Medano Creek, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, USA and the Huab Dune Field, Skeleton Coast, Namibia from 2014 to 2023 2025-08-08 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608491 This dataset includes processed aeolian ripple and meteorological data from raw data sets available in Nield et al. (2025; 2023a; 2023b) from field sites at 1) Medano Creek Area, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, USA and 2) the Huab Dune Field, Huab River Valley, Skeleton Coast, Namibia. Nield, J. M., M. C. Baddock, and G. F. S. Wiggs (2025), Surface and Meteorological Data of Ripples, Saltation and Protodune Dynamics at Medano Creek, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, USA in March and April 2023, (dataset), NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre, doi:10.5285/4b86b7a5-51ee-47b8-836d-a72cfd2be26b. Nield, J. M., M. C. Baddock, G. F. S. Wiggs, P. Delorme, A. Valdez, N. Wallum, and D. Goss (2023a), Surface and Meteorological Data of Ripple and Saltation Dynamics at Medano Creek Area, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, USA on 5-11th April 2022, (dataset), NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre, doi:10.5285/738dc233-3bd7-4174-aa98-8c33fc35f344. Nield, J. M., G. F. S. Wiggs, M. C. Baddock, and P. Delorme (2023b), Surface and Meteorological Data of Saltation and Ripple Dynamics at Huab Dune Field, Skeleton Coast National Park, Namibia 2014, 2016 and 2018, (dataset), NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre, doi:10.5285/cc1b2bd9-2099-4fea-a731-6b4cf3d4c2be. Joanna Nield University of Southampton School of Geography and Environmental Science Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ not available originator Giles Wiggs University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QY not available originator Matthew Baddock University of Loughborough Geography and Environment Loughborough LE11 3TU not available originator Andrew Valdez Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve not available originator Natasha Wallum University of Oxford not available originator Daniel Goss University of Southampton not available originator Pauline Delorme École Normale Supérieure - PSL not available originator Martin H.T. Hipondoka University of Namibia not available originator Jim Best University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA not available originator Kenneth T. Christensen University of Colorado Denver not available originator Nathaniel R. Bristow Astrin Biosciences not available originator Philippe Claudin CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University not available originator Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available pointOfContact notApplicable https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/3c293079-510f-79fc-e063-3050940acc4f.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Lasers Aeolian Saltation Terrestrial science Aerodynamics BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision NGDC Deposited Data Citable Data dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions licenceOGL Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" otherRestrictions The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. 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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]" English geoscientificInformation 2014-08-06 2023-04-04 Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item189379 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Data download https://doi.org/10.5285/3de63fc0-390f-451d-bcc1-c15e4ce78d40 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Nield, J. M., Baddock, M. C., Wiggs, G. F. S., Best, J., Christensen, K. T., Delorme, P., Valdez, A., Bristow, N. R., Hipondoka, M. H. T., Goss, D. P., Wallum, N. S., Claudin, P. (2025). Form-flow-saltation dynamics of aeolian sand ripples at Medano Creek, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado, USA and the Huab Dune Field, Skeleton Coast, Namibia from 2014 to 2023. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/3de63fc0-390f-451d-bcc1-c15e4ce78d40 information nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false Data has been processed using codes available in Nield et al. (2025). Raw data contained within Nield et al. (2025; 2023a; 2023b) includes terrestrial laser scanner (TLS), wind and transport measurements. Leica P50 and P20 TLS was used to collect the topographic measurements. Wind measurements were from a CSAT 3D sonic anemometer was positioned 0.24 m above the surface. Sediment measurements were from a Sensit positioned at the ground surface and Wenglors at 0.02 and 0.05 m above the surface. See Delorme et al. (2023; doi:10.1029/2022GL101553) for more details of similar methodology.