Landscape evolution model
A landscape evolution model is a physically-based
uplift, and also respond to subsidence
. A typical landscape evolution model takes many of these factors into account.
Landscape evolution models are used primarily in the field of geomorphology. As they improve, they are beginning to be consulted by land managers to aid in decision making, most recently in the area of degraded landscapes.
The earliest landscape evolution models were developed in the 1970s. In those models, flow of water across a mesh was simulated, and cell elevations were changed in response to calculated
erosional power.[1] Modern landscape evolution models can leverage graphics processing units and other acceleration hardware and software, to run more quickly.[2]
See also
- Hillslope evolution
- SIBERIA, [1]
- CAESAR-Lisflood, [2]
- LANDIS II, [3], an open-source, forest landscape model that simulates future forests
- pyBadlands, [4]
- Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System, [5]
References
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