Contact

Name	Rudy Slingerland
Type of contact	Model developer
Institute / Organization	Penn State University
Postal address 1	503A Deike Building
Postal address 2
Town / City	University Park
Postal code	16802
State	Pennsylvania
Country	USA"USA" is not in the list (Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, ...) of allowed values for the "Country" property.
Email address	sling@geosc.psu.edu
Phone	+1 814 865-6892
Fax	+1 814 865-3191

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BEDLOAD

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Summary

Also known as
Model type	Single
Model part of larger framework
Note on status model
Date note status model

Technical specs

Supported platforms	Unix, Linux, Mac OS, Windows
Other platform
Programming language	Fortran77
Other program language
Code optimized	Single Processor
Multiple processors implemented
Nr of distributed processors
Nr of shared processors
Start year development	1992
Does model development still take place?	No
If above answer is no, provide end year model development	1994
Code development status
When did you indicate the 'code development status'?
Model availability	As code
Source code availability (Or provide future intension)	Through CSDMS repository
Source web address
Source csdms web address
Program license type	Other
Program license type other	--
Memory requirements	<512MB
Typical run time	a few seconds

In/Output

Describe input parameters	Proportion by mass of each size-density fraction in the bed, instantaneous turbulent grain shear velocities, critical shear stresses of each size-density fraction
Input format	ASCII
Other input format
Describe output parameters	weight bedload transport rates of each size-density fraction
Output format	ASCII
Other output format
Pre-processing software needed?	No
Describe pre-processing software
Post-processing software needed?	No
Describe post-processing software
Visualization software needed?	Yes
If above answer is yes
Other visualization software	any software that can read ASCII data

Process

Describe processes represented by the model	Mass flux per unit width, dry mass of grains moving over the unit bed area, calculates the suspendable amount present in the moving bed
Describe key physical parameters and equations	Bridge function, see Bridge and Dominic (1984) or Einstein's equation
Describe length scale and resolution constraints	--
Describe time scale and resolution constraints	--
Describe any numerical limitations and issues	--

Testing

Describe available calibration data sets	See Slingerland et al. (1994)
Upload calibration data sets if available:
Describe available test data sets	--
Upload test data sets if available:
Describe ideal data for testing	--

Other

Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers?	None

Is there a manual available?	No
Upload manual if available:
Model website if any	ftp://ftp.geosc.psu.edu/sling/SimSedBasinsBook/
Model forum / discussion board

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Source-Code Snapshots

Bedload is not a stand-alone model but is part of Midas. You can obtain it by downloading the Midas distribution and grabbing bedload.f from it.

Source-code snapshots of Midas are available via ftp at:

http://csdms.colorado.edu/pub/models/midas

The latest version:

midas-latest.tar.gz

Source

Bedload is not a stand-alone model but is part of Midas. You can obtain the source code through the Midas repository or view the most recent version here: https://mp.colorado.edu/svn/midas/trunk/bedload.f.

The source code for Midas can be checked out from the CSDMS subversion repository using this command:

# Project members authenticate over HTTPS to allow committing changes.
svn checkout https://csdms.colorado.edu/svn/midas

For help on using Subversion please see our help page.

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