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Articles | Volume 6, issue 3
Articles | Volume 6, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-779-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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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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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.
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