urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:sders-china.shapotou_wt 1.0 1.11.0.0 Product_Context 2019-02-15 1.0 Initial creation of the context product. urn:nasa:pds:context:facility:laboratory.sders-china instrument_to_facility 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00170-8 Dong, Z., X. Lu, H. Wang, A. Zhao, and X. Wang, (2003), The flux profile of a blowing sand cloud: a wind tunnel investigation, Geomorphology, 49(2-3): 219-230. Shapotou Wind Tunnel, Shapotou Desert Experimental Research Station, Institute od Desert Research, Chinese Academy Atmospheric Sciences A large and complex wind tunnel used at the Shapotou Desert Experimental Research Station, China. The overall length of the tunnel is 37 m. The working section dimentions are 21 m length, 1.2 m width, 1.2 m height. The tunnel is subdived into several sections including the power section (2.60 m length), expansion section (6.40 m length), stabilization section (honeycomb and drag screens, 1.50 m length), compression section (2.50 m length), work section (21.0 m length), and the diffusion section (3.00 m length). The cross-sectional area varies by section and reaches a maximum in the expansion section at 2.4 m by 1.2 m. Wind speed can be continuously varied from 2 - 30 m s^-1.