SurfaceToErode

class fastscape.processes.SurfaceToErode(*, topo_elevation)

Defines the topographic surface used for the computation of erosion processes.

In this process class, it simply corresponds to the topographic surface, unchanged, at the current time step.

Sometimes it would make sense to compute erosion processes after having applied other processes such as tectonic forcing. This could be achieved by subclassing.

topo_elevation

Surface topography elevation

Variable properties:

type : foreign
reference variable : SurfaceTopography.elevation
intent : in
dimensions : (‘y’, ‘x’)

Type:: attr.Attribute

elevation

Surface elevation before erosion

Variable properties:

type : variable
intent : out
dimensions : (‘y’, ‘x’)

Type:: attr.Attribute

Methods

`__init__`(*, topo_elevation)	Method generated by attrs for class SurfaceToErode.
`run_step`()

Output of process info:

In [1]: import xsimlab as xs

In [2]: from fastscape.processes import SurfaceToErode

In [3]: xs.process_info(SurfaceToErode)
<SurfaceToErode  (xsimlab process)>
Variables:
    topo_elevation     [in] <--- SurfaceTopography.elevation
    elevation         [out] ('y', 'x') surface elevation before ero...
Simulation stages:
    run_step