Advances in Coastal Dune and Aeolian Processes Research

Dear Colleagues,

Coastal dune systems are dynamic landforms shaped by complex interactions between wind, waves, vegetation, and human activity. Growing concern over their resilience to environmental change, given their increasing use as a form of natural infrastructure along coastlines around the world, has inspired a considerable amount of fundamental and applied research on aeolian geomorphology and coastal science. This Special Issue aims to highlight contemporary research on coastal dune and aeolian processes across diverse climatic and geographic contexts.

This Special Issue encompasses a wide range of topics, including beach–dune evolution, wind-driven sediment transport, biotic–abiotic interactions, and vegetation’s role in dune morphology. Multi-scale approaches and emerging tools such as remote sensing, UAVs, LiDAR, and machine learning are of particular interest. Submissions of fieldwork, lab experiments, remote sensing analyses, and numerical or conceptual models will be considered.

We are also seeking review papers and case studies that explore the feedback between geomorphic and ecological dynamics or assess the impacts of climate change and human activities on coastal dune systems.

Dr. Nicolas Robin
Dr. Nicholas Cohn
Prof. Dr. Juan B. Gallego-Fernández
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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