Articles | Volume 10, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-865-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-865-2022
Short communication
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06 Sep 2022
Short communication |  | 06 Sep 2022

Short communication: A tool for determining multiscale bedform characteristics from bed elevation data

Judith Y. Zomer, Suleyman Naqshband, and Antonius J. F. Hoitink

Data sets

Supporting data for the publication: ``A tool for determining multiscale bedform characteristics from bed elevation data'', v2 J. Zomer https://doi.org/10.4121/19620093

Model code and software

Bedform Separation and Identification tool J. Y. Zomer https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6949082

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Short summary
Riverbeds are often composed of different scales of dunes, whose sizes and shapes are highly variable over time and space. Characterization of these dunes is important in many research studies focused on fluvial processes. A tool is presented here that aims to identify different scales of dunes from riverbed elevation maps. A first step is to separate two scales of bedforms without smoothing steep slopes of the larger dunes. In a second step, dunes are identified and properties are computed.