Articles | Volume 5, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-21-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-21-2017
Research article
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16 Jan 2017
Research article |  | 16 Jan 2017

Creative computing with Landlab: an open-source toolkit for building, coupling, and exploring two-dimensional numerical models of Earth-surface dynamics

Daniel E. J. Hobley, Jordan M. Adams, Sai Siddhartha Nudurupati, Eric W. H. Hutton, Nicole M. Gasparini, Erkan Istanbulluoglu, and Gregory E. Tucker

Data sets

landlab/pub_adams_etal_gmd v0.2 (Data set) J. M. Adams https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.162058

Raleigh Peak, Colorado: May 2010, CO10_Tucker (Data set) NCALM https://doi.org/10.5069/G9TM782F

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Short summary
Many geoscientists use computer models to understand changes in the Earth's system. However, typically each scientist will build their own model from scratch. This paper describes Landlab, a new piece of open-source software designed to simplify creation and use of models of the Earth's surface. It provides off-the-shelf tools to work with models more efficiently, with less duplication of effort. The paper explains and justifies how Landlab works, and describes some models built with it.