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| Project Leader: | Christy Swann, Ph.D. cswann@tamu.edu Geology & Geophysics |
| Faculty Mentor: | Ryan Ewing, PhD |
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Summer 2016 (complete) |
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2 (Team Full) |
| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Description:
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The purpose of this research is to determine the degree of error associated with visually defining the threshold for aeolian saltation. The research group will use two disparate approaches to define the threshold of motion. The first method requires analyzing video frames to count the physical number of particles moving in aeolian saltation. The second method involves a video survey where academics visually define the threshold for aeolian saltation. These two students will work together to correlate the survey response with quantitative data of the number of particles moving at each user-defined threshold of motion. |