Dimensional analysis of a landscape  evolution model with incision threshold

Theodoratos, Nikos; Kirchner, James W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-505-2020

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-505-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-505-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 2

Research article

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04 Jun 2020

Research article |

| 04 Jun 2020

Dimensional analysis of a landscape evolution model with incision threshold

Nikos Theodoratos and James W. Kirchner

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RC1: 'Review of Dimensional analysis of a landscape evolution model with incision threshold', Eric Deal, 12 Feb 2020
RC2: 'Review of "Dimensional analysis of a landscape evolution model with incision threshold"', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Feb 2020
RC3: 'review', Wolfgang Schwanghart, 04 Mar 2020
AC1: 'Reply to referee comments', Nikos Theodoratos, 04 Mar 2020

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AR by Nikos Theodoratos on behalf of the Authors (27 Apr 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 Apr 2020) by Jean Braun

ED: Publish as is (05 May 2020) by Niels Hovius (Editor)

AR by Nikos Theodoratos on behalf of the Authors (05 May 2020)

Short summary

We non-dimensionalized a commonly used model of landscape evolution that includes an incision threshold. Whereas the original model included four parameters, we obtained a dimensionless form with a single parameter, which quantifies the relative importance of the incision threshold. Working with this form saves computational time and simplifies theoretical analyses.