TerrainDerivatives

class fastscape.processes.TerrainDerivatives(*, shape, spacing, elevation)

Compute, on demand, terrain derivatives such as slope or curvature.

shape

Nb. of grid nodes in (y, x)

Variable properties:

type : foreign
reference variable : UniformRectilinearGrid2D.shape
intent : in
dimensions : (‘shape_yx’,)

Type:: attr.Attribute

spacing

Grid node spacing in (y, x)

Variable properties:

type : foreign
reference variable : UniformRectilinearGrid2D.spacing
intent : in
dimensions : (‘shape_yx’,)

Type:: attr.Attribute

elevation

Surface topography elevation

Variable properties:

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

Type:: attr.Attribute

slope

Terrain local slope

Variable properties:

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

Type:: attr.Attribute

curvature

Terrain local curvature

Variable properties:

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

Type:: attr.Attribute

Methods

__init__(*, shape, spacing, elevation)

Method generated by attrs for class TerrainDerivatives.

Output of process info:

In [1]: import xsimlab as xs

In [2]: from fastscape.processes import TerrainDerivatives

In [3]: xs.process_info(TerrainDerivatives)
<TerrainDerivatives  (xsimlab process)>
Variables:
    shape         [in] <--- UniformRectilinearGrid2D.shape
    spacing       [in] <--- UniformRectilinearGrid2D.spacing
    elevation     [in] <--- SurfaceTopography.elevation
    slope        [out] ('y', 'x') terrain local slope
    curvature    [out] ('y', 'x') terrain local curvature
Simulation stages:
    *no stage implemented*