Model:BlockLab

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BlockLab


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Also known as Blocky Landscape Evolution Model
Model type Single
Model part of larger framework
Note on status model
Date note status model
Incorporated models or components:
Spatial dimensions 2D
Spatial extent Landscape-Scale, Reach-Scale, Watershed-Scale
Model domain Terrestrial
One-line model description BlockLab computes landscape evolution in the presence of large blocks of rock on hillslopes and in channels.
Extended model description Blocklab treats landscape evolution in landscapes where surface rock may be released as large blocks of rock. The motion, degradation, and effects of large blocks do not play nicely with standard continuum sediment transport theory. BlockLab is intended to incorporate the effects of these large grains in a realistic way.
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Name Charles Shobe
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado
Postal address 1 UCB 399
Postal address 2
Town / City Boulder
Postal code 80309
State Colorado
Country United States
Email address charles.shobe@colorado.edu
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Name Rachel Glade
Type of contact Model developer
Institute / Organization Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado
Postal address 1 UCB 399
Postal address 2
Town / City Boulder
Postal code 80309
State Colorado
Country United States
Email address rachel.glade@colorado.edu
Phone
Fax


Supported platforms
Unix, Linux, Mac OS, Windows
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Programming language

Python

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Code optimized Single Processor
Multiple processors implemented
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Start year development 2017
Does model development still take place? No
If above answer is no, provide end year model development 2018
Code development status As is, no updates are provided
When did you indicate the 'code development status'? 2020
Model availability As code
Source code availability
(Or provide future intension)
Through web repository
Source web address https://github.com/cmshobe/BlockLab
Source csdms web address
Program license type Other
Program license type other MIT
Memory requirements more is better; will work on a laptop w/ 4 GB RAM
Typical run time hours to days


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Pre-processing software needed? No
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Post-processing software needed? No
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Visualization software needed? No
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Describe processes represented by the model Cliff failure and retreat; hillslope evolution; river erosion; block release, transport, and weathering.
Describe key physical parameters and equations River and hillslope erosion coefficients, hillslope weathering parameters; initial block size, block release/motion thresholds, block weathering rate.
Describe length scale and resolution constraints Standard LEM constraints on length scale: reach scale and above until you run out of computing power. Resolution is constrained by block size, should generally be order 1-10 m.
Describe time scale and resolution constraints Timesteps in the range of 1-10 years are generally stable, can run for as long as desired until the memory runs out.
Describe any numerical limitations and issues Becomes unstable at timesteps much greater than 10 years.


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OpenMI compliant No but possible
BMI compliant No but possible
WMT component No but possible
PyMT component
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Model info
Nr. of publications: 1
Total citations: 28
h-index: 1
m-quotient: 0.17

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Introduction

Blocky landscape evolution model.

Developed by Rachel Glade and Charles Shobe at the University of Colorado Department of Geological Sciences.

License: MIT.

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Nr. of publications: 1
Total citations: 28
h-index: 1
m-quotient: 0.17



Featured publication(s)YearModel describedType of ReferenceCitations
Glade, Rachel C.; Shobe, Charles M.; Anderson, Robert S.; Tucker, Gregory E.; 2019. Canyon shape and erosion dynamics governed by channel-hillslope feedbacks. Geology, 47, 650–654. 10.1130/G46219.1
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2019 BlockLab
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Model overview 28
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