GM6.3 | Aeolian Processes and Landforms
EDI
Aeolian Processes and Landforms
Co-organized by GI4/SSP3
Convener: Pei ZhangECSECS | Co-conveners: David A. VazECSECS, Sabrina CarpyECSECS, Andreas Baas

Aeolian processes act on planetary surfaces throughout the Solar System, yielding similar landforms and patterns across a wide range of spatial scales despite differences in atmospheric and surface properties. They are typically associated with the movement of sediments driven by an atmospheric flow but can also be controlled by other modes of matter transport such as ice sublimation. The combination of terrestrial and extra-terrestrial experiments and observations, as well as analogue studies, provides the opportunities as well as challenges for improving our fundamental theories and numerical models for better understanding of these aeolian environments. Innovations in instrumentation and experimental techniques continue to yield novel insights on Earth, while space missions and remote probes constantly deliver new and surprising evidence from aeolian environments on other planetary bodies. This session welcomes research on all aspects of aeolian processes and landforms on planetary surfaces, employing a variety of techniques, including, but not limited to, short- and long-term field experiments, laboratory experiments, numerical simulations, and remote sensing of aeolian landform features.