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Fig. 1. Water retention curve of Tottori dune sand for drying from saturation. Fitted line is the van Genuchten retention function, ({theta} - {theta}r)/({theta}s - {theta}r) = [1 + ({alpha}|h|)n]-1+1/n, with {theta}s = 0.35, {theta}r = 0.05, {alpha} = 0.05, and n = 5.2.