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| == DECAL ==
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| === History ===
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| === DECAL Questionnaire === | | == Issues == |
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| ==== Contact Information ==== | | == Help == |
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| | class="model_col1"| Model:
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| | class="model_col2"| DECAL
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| | class="model_col1"| Contact person:
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| | class="model_col2"| Andreas Baas
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| | class="model_col1"| Institute:
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| | class="model_col2"| King's College London
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| | class="model_col1"| City:
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| | class="model_col2"| London
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| | class="model_col1"| Country:
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| | class="model_col2"| United Kingdom
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| | class="model_col1"| Email:
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| | class="model_col2"| andreas.baas@kcl.ac.uk
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| | class="model_col1"| 2nd person involved:
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| | class="model_col1"| 3rd person involved:
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| ==== Model description ==== | | == Input Files == |
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| | class="model_col1"| Model type:
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| | class="model_col2"| Single model for the terrestrial and coastal domain.
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| | class="model_col1"| Description:
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| | class="model_col2"| A cellular automaton model for simulating the development of aeolian dune landscapes under the influence of vegetation and biota (parabolic dunes, blowouts, foredunes, nebkha dunes).
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| ==== Technical information ==== | | == Download == |
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| | class="model_col1"| Supported platforms:
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| | class="model_col2"| Windows
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| | class="model_col1"| Programming language:
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| | class="model_col2"| C++, Matlab
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| | class="model_col1"| Model was developed started from:
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| | class="model_col2"| 2005
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| | class="model_col1"| To what degree will the model become available:
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| | class="model_col2"| As teaching tool and as an executable. Basic algorithm is very simple and transferrable
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| | class="model_col1"| Current license type:
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| | class="model_col1"| Memory requirements:
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| | class="model_col2"| Variable
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| | class="model_col1"| Typical run time:
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| | class="model_col2"| Variable
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| ==== Input / Output description ==== | | === Command-Line Access === |
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| | class="model_col1"| Input parameters:
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| | class="model_col2"| Staring grid topography and vegetation maps, control parameters such as potential transport rates, vegetation response functions
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| | class="model_col1"| Input format:
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| | class="model_col2"| ASCII
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| | class="model_col1"| Output parameters:
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| | class="model_col2"| resultant landscape topography and vegetation distributions; annual avalanching statistics
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| | class="model_col1"| Output format:
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| | class="model_col1"| Post-processing software (if needed):
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| | class="model_col2"| yes, Any package for imaging DEMs and vegetation maps
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| | class="model_col1"| Visualization software (if needed):
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| | class="model_col2"| yes: ESRI, IDL, Matlab
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| ==== Process description ====
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| | class="model_col1"| Processes represented by model:
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| | class="model_col2"| development of dune landscapes under the interaction between aeolian sand transport and vegetation growth and response
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| | class="model_col1"| Key physical parameters & equations:
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| | class="model_col2"| potential sand transport rate, sediment avaliability, vegetation response characteristics
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| | class="model_col1"| Length scale & resolution constraints:
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| | class="model_col2"| smallest cell should be equivalent to basic plant element (bush, grass clump)
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| | class="model_col1"| Time scale & resolution constraints:
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| | class="model_col2"| lower limit akin to days, no upper limit
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| | class="model_col1"| Numerical limitations and issues :
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| | class="model_col2"| heavy sequential number crunching (not written for parellel processing)
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| ==== Testing ====
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| | class="model_col1"| Available calibration data sets:
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| | class="model_col2"| none yet; in development
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| | class="model_col1"| Available test data sets:
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| | class="model_col2"| none yet; in development
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| | class="model_col1"| Ideal data for testing:
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| | class="model_col2"| field monitoring of geomorphic development and vegetation mapping, long-term required
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| | class="model_col2"| yes, future plans for collaborating on applying and comparing the model with real-world landscapes
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| ==== Documentation ====
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| | class="model_col1"| Key papers of the model:
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| | class="model_col2"| Baas (2002) Geomorphology,48.<br>
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| Nield & Baas (2008) Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,33.
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| | class="model_col1"| Model website if any:
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| | class="model_col2"| http://www.aeoliangeomorphology.org
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| ==== Additional comments ====
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| [[Category:Coastal]] | | [[Category:Coastal]] |
| [[Category:Terrestrial]] | | [[Category:Terrestrial]] |
