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Inverting Topography for Landscape Evolution Model Process Representation: 2. Calibration and Validation
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2020
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Source: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(7)
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Journal Title:Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
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Description:We present a multimodel analysis for mechanistic hypothesis testing in landscape evolution theory. The study site is a watershed with well-constrained initial and boundary conditions in which a river network locally incised 50 m over the last 13 ka. We calibrate and validate a set of 37 landscapeevolution models designed to hierarchically test elements of complexity from four categories: hillslope processes, channel processes, surface hydrology, and representation of geologic materials. Comparison of each model to a base model, which uses stream power channel incision, uniform lithology, hillslopetransport by linear diffusion, and surface water discharge proportional to drainage area, serves as a formal test of which elements of complexity improve model performance. Model fit is assessed using an objective function based on a direct difference between observed and simulated modern topography. A hybrid
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Source:Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 125(7)
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ISSN:2169-9003;2169-9011;
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