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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-639-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-639-2017
Research article
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17 Jul 2017
Research article |  | 17 Jul 2017

A wind proxy based on migrating dunes at the Baltic coast: statistical analysis of the link between wind conditions and sand movement

Svenja E. Bierstedt, Birgit Hünicke, Eduardo Zorita, and Juliane Ludwig

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We statistically analyse the relationship between the structure of migrating dunes in the southern Baltic and the driving wind conditions over the past 26 years, with the long-term aim of using migrating dunes as a proxy for past wind conditions at an interannual resolution.
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