Sand Transport in the Mojave Desert

Andrew Johnston of CEPS is carrying out a topographic survey of a dune near Parker, Arizona, using Differential Global Positioning System equipment (photo 2/99, by J. Zimbelman)

CEPS Staff: Dr. Jim Zimbelman Andrew Johnson

Field investigations and remote sensing data of the eastern portion of the Mojave Desert (southern California) identified several distinct paths of sand transport, which cross multiple drainage divides. Advanced remote sensing data (e.g., hyperspectral AVIRIS data), combined with detailed field measurements, are being used to study materials exposed within this semiarid environment.

Andrew Johnston of CEPS is collecting reflectance spectrometer data from a rock outcrop in the southern Cady Mountains, near Barstow, CA, to aid in interpretation of remote sensing data of the area (photo 9/99, by J. Zimbelman)

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