Aeolian sand ripples around plants.
Plants in the desert may locally change the aeolian process, and hence the pattern of sand ripples traveling nearby. The effect of plants on ripples is investigated using a coupled map lattice model with nonuniform coupling coefficients.
Zhang
Qian-Hua
QH
Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China. trienhuaz@sohu.com
Miao
Tian-De
TD