LONGPRO
Introduction
History
Papers
LONGPRO Questionnaire
Contact Information
| Model:
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LONGPRO
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| Contact person:
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Rudy Slingerland
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| Institute:
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Penn State University
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| City:
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University Park
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| Country:
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USA
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| Email:
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sling@geosc.psu.edu
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| 2nd person involved:
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--
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| 3rd person involved:
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--
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Model description
| Model type:
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Single model for the coastal domain.
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| Description:
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A program to calculate the dynamical evolution of a stream's longitudinal profile
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Technical information
| Supported platforms:
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Unix, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
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| Programming language:
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Fortran77
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| Model development started at:
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1992 and ended in 1994
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| To what degree will the model become available:
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Source code will be available.
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| Current license type:
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--
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| Memory requirements:
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<512MB
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| Typical run time:
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minutes to hours
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Input / Output description
| Input parameters:
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Length of reach, distance between nodes, timestep, number of timesteps, median grain size, elevation of the water surface, slope of initial river bed, Qmax, Xmax, mainning N, Initial elevation, node along X-as at which tectonic elev. Changes start, sediment conc. of lateral inflow, mass feed rate at upstream boundary,
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| Input format:
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ASCII
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| Output parameters:
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Temporally evolving longitudinal profile and cross-sectional average flows of a 1D river
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| Output format:
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ASCII
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| Post-processing software (if needed):
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no
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| Visualization software (if needed):
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Yes, any software that can read ASCII data
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Process description
| Processes represented by model:
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1D gradually varied channel flow, Total sediment transport of a river at a node, mass conservation, tectonic elevation changes, settling velocity
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| Key physical parameters & equations:
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1D channel flow: See Henderson (1966, p. 143), Total sediment transport: See Yang's (1973); mass conservation: See Slingerland (1986); Settling velocity: See Dietrich's equation
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| Length scale & resolution constraints:
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--
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| Time scale & resolution constraints:
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--
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| Numerical limitations and issues :
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--
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Testing
| Available calibration data sets:
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See Slingerland et al. (1994)
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| Available test data sets:
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--
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| Ideal data for testing:
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--
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User groups
| Currently or plans for collaborating with:
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None
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Documentation
| Key papers of the model:
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Slingerland, R.L., K. Furlong and J. Harbaugh, 1994. Simulating Clastic Sedimentary Basins/Physical Fundamentals and Computing Procedures , Prentice Hall, Englewood Clifss, NJ:219 pp.
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| Is there a manual available:
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no
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| Model website if any:
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ftp://ftp.geosc.psu.edu/sling/SimSedBasinsBook/
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Issues
Help
Input Files
Output Files
Download
Source-Code Snapshots
Source-code snapshots are available via ftp at:
- http://csdms.colorado.edu/pub/models/longpro
The latest version:
- longpro-latest.tar.gz
Source
Source Code
The source code for this project 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/longpro
For help on using Subversion please see our help page.
