Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-85-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-85-2026
Short communication
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02 Feb 2026
Short communication |  | 02 Feb 2026

Short Communication: The need for open-source hardware, software, and data-sharing specifications in geomorphology

Andrew J. Moodie, Eric Barefoot, Eric Hutton, Charles Nguyen, Andrew D. Wickert, and Jeffrey Marr

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sandsuet analysis-ready geomorphology data specification (1.0.0) sandpiper toolchain contributors https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17884433

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Short summary
Geomorphologists have more data and computational resources available than ever before, but lack tools to facilitate collaborations needed to integrate data from different modes of study (e.g., field, experimental, modeling). In this article, we discuss challenges to collaboration in geomorphology, and report a new schema for sharing data. The sandsuet schema is designed to accommodate most kinds of rasterized geomorphology data, and makes it easy to package, publish, and share those data.
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