A simple diffusive landscape evolution model
Project description
flem
A simple diffusive landscape evolution model
Free software: MIT license
Documentation: https://flem.readthedocs.io.
Installation
flem requires Python 3.7
flem requires fenics, gdal, and a bit more. Fenics is best installed using conda. Therefore before installing first get yourself Anaconda (the 3.7 version) or if you prefer it light, miniconda.
create a directory of your choice and create an environment.yml file containing the following:
name: flem channels: - conda-forge - defaults dependencies: # flem requires # need to be specific for mshr and fenics - fenics=2019.1.0=py37_1 - mshr=2019.1.0=py37h7596e34_1000 - gdal - peakutils - matplotlib - scipy - pip - pip: # flem requires - flem - elevation prefix: /srv/conda
from the terminal run: conda env create -f environment.yml
check out this notebook for how to run flem.
or see run_models.py for a more clunky example.
What is flem?
This is a set of functions written in python to solve for sediment transport. At the base it solves the concentrative-diffusive equations described by Smith & Bretherton (1972) [1]. These are solved using a simple finite element scheme using the fenics library. Surface run-off is routed either from model node-to-node or cell-to-cell (see Armitage, 2019) [2].
The model can be started either with a initial condition of a uniform elevation with some noise added, or a SRTM 30m DEM defined by west, south, east, north coordinates.
[1] - https://doi.org/10.1029/WR008i006p01506
[2] - https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-67-2019
List of things to do:
Add the choice to change precipitation rates
Add the choice for boundary conditions
History
0.1.0 (2019-05-21)
First release on PyPI.
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