Scaling and similarity of a stream-power incision and linear diffusion landscape evolution model

Theodoratos, Nikos; Seybold, Hansjörg; Kirchner, James W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-779-2018

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-779-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-779-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

Research article

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25 Sep 2018

Research article |

| 25 Sep 2018

Scaling and similarity of a stream-power incision and linear diffusion landscape evolution model

Nikos Theodoratos, Hansjörg Seybold, and James W. Kirchner

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RC1: 'A lucid and insightful scaling analysis of the "standard" landscape evolution equation', Gregory Tucker, 14 May 2018
RC2: 'Review of Theodoratos et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Jun 2018
EC1: 'Very interesting and well presented manuscript', Jean Braun, 27 Jun 2018
AC1: 'Reply to two referees' comments', Nikos Theodoratos, 20 Jul 2018

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AR by Nikos Theodoratos on behalf of the Authors (20 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Jul 2018) by Jean Braun

ED: Publish as is (02 Aug 2018) by Niels Hovius (Editor)

AR by Nikos Theodoratos on behalf of the Authors (06 Aug 2018)

Short summary

We perform dimensional analysis on a frequently used landscape evolution model (LEM). Defining characteristic scales in a novel way, we significantly simplify the LEM and develop an efficient numerical modeling approach. Our characteristic scales are physically meaningful; they quantify competitions between landscape-forming processes and are related to salient properties of landscape topography. Dimensional analyses of other LEMs may benefit from our approach in defining characteristic scales.