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Imagery and meteorological data from April 2021 to December 2021, Grand Falls Dune Field, Arizona

February 8, 2023

Grand Falls dune field (GFDF) is located on the Navajo Nation, ~70 km NE of Flagstaff, AZ. This active dune field displays a range of morphologies, including barchans, smaller dunes, and ripples, and is bimodal in composition. The felsic component is likely derived from the Little Colorado River, and the mafic component (basaltic grains) is locally sourced from nearby cinder cones [1]. GFDF is an excellent analog site for both active dunes on Mars and other planetary bodies that have dune-like features (e.g., Venus and Titan). We have set up a meteorological station within the dune field that records temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed, solar radiation, and precipitation every 15 minutes [...]

Publication Year 2023
Title Imagery and meteorological data from April 2021 to December 2021, Grand Falls Dune Field, Arizona
DOI 10.5066/P93T2LUL
Authors Amber L Gullikson, Timothy N Titus, Kaj E Williams, Glen Cushing
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Astrogeology Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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