Model help:Erode

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Erode

~3lines that describe the module

Model introduction

Model introduction

Model parameters

Input 1

Input 2

Z0 Options

Output 1

Output 2

About

Parameter	Description	Unit
Component status	Enabled/Disabled	-
Input directory	Path to input files	-
Output directory	Path to output files	-
Site prefix	prefix for the study site	-
Case prefix	prefix for a given scenario	-
Stop method code	0=n_steps; 1=stop time; 2=steady state	-
Number of steps	number of steps if stop code is 0	-
Time to stop	time to stop if stop code is 0	years
Grid nx	number of columns in DEM	-
Grid ny	number of rows in DEM	-
Grid cell dx	grid cell xsize	meters
Grid cell dy	grid cell ysize	meters

Parameter	Description	Unit
CFL factor	prefactor for CFL stability condition	-
Area exponent (m)	-	-
Slope exponent (n)	-	-
Erodibility (K)	-	-
Q-A exponent (p)	-	-
Mean rainrate (R)	geomorphically effective rain rate	m/yr
Mean uplift rate (U)	-	mm/yr
Base lowering rate	base-level lowering rate	mm/yr
BC method	boundary condition method (Bottom; Right; Four Sides)	-

Parameter	Description	Unit
Make z0 method	method to make initial DEM (FLAT; PLANE; CORNER PLANE; READ FILE)	-
z0 plane dz/dx	dz/dx for make z0 method = plane	-
z0 plane dz/dy	dz/dy for make z0 method = plane	-
z0 filename	file name for make z0 file = read file	-
Noise method	noise method (MIDPOINTS; GAUSSIAN; O NOISE)	-
Noise scale	scale factor for random noise	-
Random seed	random number seed	long unit

Parameter	Description	Unit
Save grid dt	time interval between saved grids	years
Save z grids toggle	option to save computed z grids	-
Save z grids file	file name for z grid stack	nc file
Save S grids toggle	option to save computed S grids	-
Save S grids file	file name for S grid stack	nc file
Save A grids toggle	option to save computed A grids	-
Save A grids file	file name for A grid stack	nc file
Save Q grids toggle	option to save computed Q grids	-
Save Q grids file	file name for Q grid stack	nc file
Save Qs grids toggle	option to save computed Qs grids	-
Save Qs grids file	file name for Qs grid stack	nc file
Save dz grids toggle	option to save computed dz grids	-
Save dz grids file	file name for dz grid stack	nc file
Save dt grids toggle	option to save computed dt grids	-
Save dt grids file	file name for dt grid stack	nc file
Save dz_dt grids toggle	option to save computed dz_dt grids	-
Save dz_dt grids file	file name for dz_dt grid stack	nc file

Parameter	Description	Unit
Save time series dt	time interval between time series values	years
Montional pixels file	filename for monitored pixel information	txt file
Save z time series toggle	option to save computed z time series	-
Save z pixels file	file name for time series of z	txt file
Save S time series toggle	option to save computed S time series	-
Save S pixels file	file name for time series of S	txt file
Save A time series toggle	option to save computed A time series	-
Save A pixels file	file name for time series of A	txt file
Save Q time series toggle	option to save computed Q time series	-
Save Q pixels file	file name for time series of Q	txt file
Save Qs time series toggle	option to save computed Qs time series	-
Save Qs pixels file	file name for time series of Qs	txt file
Save dz time series toggle	option to save computed dz time series	-
Save dz pixels file	file name for time series of dz	txt file
Save dt time series toggle	option to save computed dt time series	-
Save dt pixels file	file name for time series of dt	txt file
Save dz_dt time series toggle	option to save computed dz_dt time series	-
Save dz_dt pixels file	file name for time series of dz_dt	txt file

Parameter	Description	Unit
Model name	name of the model	-
Author name	name of the model author	-

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Main equations

A list of the key equations. HTML format is supported; latex format will be supported in the future

Notes

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Numerical scheme

Examples

An example run with input parameters, BLD files, as well as a figure / movie of the output

Follow the next steps to include images / movies of simulations:

• Upload file: http://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Special:Upload
• Create link to the file on your page: [[Image:<file name>]].

See also: Help:Images or Help:Movies

Developer(s)

Scott Peckham

References

Key papers

Links

Any link, eg. to the model questionnaire, etc.