TopoToolbox 3, a laboratory for quantitative geomorphology

Kearney, William S.; Arnau, Gina; Bringezu, Theophil; Dietze, Michael; Gailleton, Boris; Lamprecht, Anna-Lena; Lenz, Kilian; Ott, Richard; Scherler, Dirk; Steer, Philippe; Schwanghart, Wolfgang

doi:10.5194/esurf-14-865-2026

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-865-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-865-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 6

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TopoToolbox 3, a laboratory for quantitative geomorphology

William S. Kearney, Gina Arnau, Theophil Bringezu, Michael Dietze, Boris Gailleton, Anna-Lena Lamprecht, Kilian Lenz, Richard Ott, Dirk Scherler, Philippe Steer, and Wolfgang Schwanghart

Data sets

Copernicus Global Digital Elevation Model European Space Agency https://doi.org/10.5069/G9028PQB

Model code and software

topotoolbox3 William Kearney, Wolfgang Schwanghart, Dirk Scherler, Richard Ott, and Gina Arnau https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20322894

libtopotoolbox William Kearney, Boris Gailleton, Gina Arnau, Theophil Bringezu, Florian Katerndahl, Kilian Lenz, and Wolfgang Schwanghart https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20269315

pytopotoolbox William Kearney, Boris Gailleton, Theophil Bringezu, Gina Arnau, Luca Malatesta, François Faure, and Xiaochuan Ye https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20209621

Interactive computing environment

TopoToolbox Gallery William Kearney, Wolfgang Schwanghart, and Boris Gailleton https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20270725

Short summary

TopoToolbox is a software package that enables users to analyze maps of the Earth's surface. The newest version of TopoToolbox makes it accessible to more users, makes it easier to integrate TopoToolbox with other software used to study the Earth's surface and establishes a new development process to ensure that TopoToolbox continues to meet the needs of its community of users. We present a series of examples to demonstrate how users can incorporate the new TopoToolbox version into their work.