Catchment power and the joint distribution of elevation and travel distance
to the outlet

Sklar, Leonard S.; Riebe, Clifford S.; Lukens, Claire E.; Bellugi, Dino

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-799-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-799-2016

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Frontiers in geomorphometry

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-799-2016

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31 Oct 2016

Research article |

| 31 Oct 2016

Catchment power and the joint distribution of elevation and travel distance to the outlet

Leonard S. Sklar, Clifford S. Riebe, Claire E. Lukens, and Dino Bellugi

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RC1: 'Comment from refree', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to comments by Reviewer 1', Leonard Sklar, 29 May 2016
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to comments by referee #2', Leonard Sklar, 05 Aug 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Leonard Sklar on behalf of the Authors (08 Aug 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (22 Sep 2016) by Susan Conway

AR by Leonard Sklar on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Oct 2016) by Susan Conway

ED: Publish as is (07 Oct 2016) by Tom Coulthard (Editor)

AR by Leonard Sklar on behalf of the Authors (16 Oct 2016)

Short summary

To better understand how rainfall, erosion, and other landscape processes create patterns of outflow from catchments, we developed a new way of measuring how the land surface is organized. Each hillslope area, where water and sediment are sourced, has an elevation above the catchment outlet and a horizontal distance that materials must travel to reach the outlet. We combined these attributes in a new metric that captures how the production and loss of energy varies within and between catchments.