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https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/4/211/2016/esurf-4-211-2016-relations.html
ESURF - Relations - Designing a suite of measurements to understand the critical zone
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/1229/2025/esurf-13-1229-2025-metrics.html
ESurf - Metrics - Improving a multi-grain-size total sediment load model through a new standardized...
Abstract. Modelling sediment transport is important to understand how fluvial systems respond to climatic change or other transient conditions such as...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/2/105/2014/esurf-2-105-2014-metrics.html
ESurf - Metrics - Analysis of the drainage density of experimental and modelled tidal networks
of the
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/10/909/2022/
ESurf - Quantification of post-glacier bedrock surface erosion in the European Alps using 10Be and...
Abstract. The retreat of glaciers since the Last Glacial Maximum in the European Alps has left an imprint on topography through various erosional processes....
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/10/1273/2022/
ESurf - Higher sediment redistribution rates related to burrowing animals than previously assumed...
Abstract. Burrowing animals influence surface microtopography and hillslope sediment redistribution, but changes often remain undetected due to a lack of...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/1307/2025/
ESurf - An extrapolation algorithm for estimating river bed grain size distributions across basins
Abstract. Values representing grain size distributions of stream reaches are essential for estimating sediment transport at the reach scale. Various modeling...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/9/1481/2021/esurf-9-1481-2021-discussion.html
ESurf - Peer review - A 4000-year debris flow record based on amphibious investigations of fan...
Abstract. The frequency of debris flows is hypothesized to have increased in recent decades with enhanced rainstorm activity. Geological evidence to test the...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/6/1/2018/esurf-6-1-2018.html
ESurf - Developing and exploring a theory for the lateral erosion of bedrock channels for use in...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/4/391/2016/esurf-4-391-2016-relations.html
ESURF - Relations - Predicting the roughness length of turbulent flows over landscapes with...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/11/849/2023/esurf-11-849-2023-discussion.html
ESurf - Peer review - Spatially coherent variability in modern orographic precipitation produces...
Abstract. Glaciers are sensitive to temporal climate variability. Glacier sensitivity to spatial variability in climate has been much less studied. The Olympic...
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https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/5/239/2017/esurf-5-239-2017-discussion.html
ESurf - Peer review - Self-similar growth of a bimodal laboratory fan
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https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/2/323/2014/esurf-2-323-2014-metrics.html
ESurf - Metrics - Comparison between experimental and numerical stratigraphy emplaced by a...
metrics comparisonesurfexperimental
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/12/1205/2024/esurf-12-1205-2024-assets.html
ESurf - Assets - Barchan swarm dynamics from a Two-Flank Agent-Based Model
Abstract. In this work, we simulate barchan swarms using the Two-Flank Agent-Based Model and investigate how changes to model parameters and environmental...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/12/1165/2024/
ESurf - A landslide runout model for sediment transport, landscape evolution, and hazard assessment...
Abstract. We developed a new rule-based, cellular-automaton algorithm for predicting the hazard extent, sediment transport, and topographic change associated...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/11/51/2023/esurf-11-51-2023-relations.html
ESURF - Relations - Mineral surface area in deep weathering profiles reveals the interrelationship...
Abstract. Mineral specific surface area (SSA) increases as primary minerals weather and restructure into secondary phyllosilicate, oxide, and oxyhydroxide...
surface areain deep
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/4/125/2016/
ESurf - Efficacy of bedrock erosion by subglacial water flow
Abstract. Bedrock erosion by sediment-bearing subglacial water remains little-studied; however, the process is thought to contribute to bedrock erosion rates...
esurfefficacybedrockerosionsubglacial
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/10/865/2022/esurf-10-865-2022-assets.html
ESurf - Assets - Short communication: A tool for determining multiscale bedform characteristics...
Abstract. Systematic identification and characterization of bedforms from bathymetric data are crucial in many studies of fluvial processes. Automated and...
short communicationesurfassets
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/2/349/2014/esurf-2-349-2014-relations.html
ESURF - Relations - Intertidal finger bars at El Puntal, Bay of Santander, Spain: observation and...
https://foilelectrique.fr/
eSurf et eFoil Lift, Foil Drive, Flite, Awake, Sublue, Lampuga
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https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/4/343/2016/esurf-4-343-2016.html
ESurf - Topography-based flow-directional roughness: potential and challenges
esurftopographybasedflowdirectional
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/6/1023/2018/
ESurf - A comparison of structure from motion photogrammetry and the traversing micro-erosion meter...
Abstract. For decades researchers have used the micro-erosion meter and its successor the traversing micro-erosion meter to measure micro-scale rates of...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/14/291/2026/
ESurf - TerraceM-3: integrating machine learning and ICESat-2 altimetry to estimate deformation...
Abstract. Wave-abrasion terraces are geomorphic marker horizons that provide information of past water levels, in marine and lacustrine environments. By...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/5/369/2017/esurf-5-369-2017-discussion.html
ESurf - Peer review - Geomorphometric delineation of floodplains and terraces from objectively...
Abstract. Floodplain and terrace features can provide information about current and past fluvial processes, including channel response to varying discharge and...
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https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/4/11/2016/
ESurf - Experimental migration of knickpoints: influence of style of base-level fall and bed...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/1229/2025/esurf-13-1229-2025.html
ESurf - Improving a multi-grain-size total sediment load model through a new standardized reference...
Abstract. Modelling sediment transport is important to understand how fluvial systems respond to climatic change or other transient conditions such as...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/6/651/2018/
ESurf - GlobR2C2 (Global Recession Rates of Coastal Cliffs): a global relational database to...
Abstract. Rocky coast erosion (i.e., cliff retreat) is caused by a complex interaction of various forcings that can be marine, subaerial or due to rock mass...
global recession
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/5/369/2017/esurf-5-369-2017-metrics.html
ESurf - Metrics - Geomorphometric delineation of floodplains and terraces from objectively defined...
Abstract. Floodplain and terrace features can provide information about current and past fluvial processes, including channel response to varying discharge and...
esurfmetricsdelineation
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/5/861/2017/esurf-5-861-2017-discussion.html
ESurf - Peer review - The determination of high-resolution spatio-temporal glacier motion fields...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/14/55/2026/
ESurf - Safeguarding Cultural Heritage: Integrating laser scanning, InSAR, vibration monitoring and...
Abstract. The predictive capacity for rockfall has significantly increased in the last decades, but complementary combinations of observation methods...
cultural heritagelaser scanningvibration monitoringesurfsafeguarding
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/14/85/2026/
ESurf - Short Communication: The need for open-source hardware, software, and data-sharing...
Abstract. Geomorphologists have more data and computational resources available than ever before. Collaboration between researchers specializing in different...
for open source
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/12/819/2024/esurf-12-819-2024-discussion.html
ESurf - Peer review - Role of the forcing sources in morphodynamic modelling of an embayed beach
Abstract. The sensitivity of a 2DH coastal area (XBeach) and a reduced-complexity (Q2Dmorfo) morphodynamic model to using different forcing sources is studied....
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/12/819/2024/esurf-12-819-2024-relations.html
ESURF - Relations - Role of the forcing sources in morphodynamic modelling of an embayed beach
Abstract. The sensitivity of a 2DH coastal area (XBeach) and a reduced-complexity (Q2Dmorfo) morphodynamic model to using different forcing sources is studied....
https://esurf.copernicus.org/preprints/index.html
ESurf - Preprints
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https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/1263/2025/
ESurf - Reconstructing landscapes: an adjoint model of the stream power and diffusion erosion...
Abstract. We simulate landscape evolution using a diffusion-advection equation with a source term, where the advection velocity is derived from the classical...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/8/447/2020/esurf-8-447-2020-metrics.html
ESurf - Metrics - Parameterization of river incision models requires accounting for environmental...
Abstract. Landscape evolution models can be used to assess the impact of rainfall variability on bedrock river incision over millennial timescales. However,...
esurfmetricsparameterizationriver
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/7/1019/2019/esurf-7-1019-2019-metrics.html
ESurf - Metrics - Permafrost distribution in steep rock slopes in Norway: measurements, statistical...
Abstract. Permafrost in steep rock slopes has been increasingly studied since the early 2000s in conjunction with a growing number of rock slope failures,...
esurfmetricspermafrostdistribution
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/705/2025/esurf-13-705-2025-metrics.html
ESurf - Metrics - AI-based tracking of fast-moving alpine landforms using high-frequency monoscopic...
Abstract. Active rock glaciers and landslides are dynamic landforms in high mountain environments, where their geomorphic activity can pose significant...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/11/1117/2023/esurf-11-1117-2023-assets.html
ESurf - Assets - Steady-state forms of channel profiles shaped by debris flow and fluvial processes
Abstract. Debris flows regularly traverse bedrock channels that dissect steep landscapes, but our understanding of bedrock erosion by debris flows and their...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/8/367/2020/esurf-8-367-2020-assets.html
ESurf - Assets - Rivers as linear elements in landform evolution models
Abstract. Models of detachment-limited fluvial erosion have a long history in landform evolution modeling in mountain ranges. However, they suffer from a...
esurfassetsriverslinearelements
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/12/347/2024/esurf-12-347-2024-discussion.html
ESurf - Peer review - Channel cross-section heterogeneity of particulate organic carbon transport...
Abstract. The Huanghe (Yellow River), one of the largest turbid river systems in the world, has long been recognized as a major contributor of suspended...
peer reviewcross section
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/3/311/2015/esurf-3-311-2015-metrics.html
ESurf - Metrics - The role of log jams and exceptional flood events in mobilizing coarse...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/3/311/2015/esurf-3-311-2015-discussion.html
ESurf - Peer review - The role of log jams and exceptional flood events in mobilizing coarse...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/11/995/2023/esurf-11-995-2023-discussion.html
ESurf - Peer review - Building a bimodal landscape: bedrock lithology and bed thickness controls on...
Abstract. We explore how rock properties and channel morphology vary with rock type in Last Chance Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA. The rocks here...
https://our.research.uiowa.edu/news/2021/04/esurf-presenters-abstracts
ESURF Presenters & Abstracts | Office of Undergraduate Research - Office of the Vice President for...
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https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/14/313/2026/
ESurf - An integrated deep learning framework enables rapid spatiotemporal morphodynamic...
Abstract. Physics-based morphodynamic modeling is essential for advancing river management science and understanding Earth's geomorphological evolution...
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https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/705/2025/esurf-13-705-2025.html
ESurf - AI-based tracking of fast-moving alpine landforms using high-frequency monoscopic...
Abstract. Active rock glaciers and landslides are dynamic landforms in high mountain environments, where their geomorphic activity can pose significant...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/10/705/2022/
ESurf - The imprint of erosion by glacial lake outburst floods in the topography of central...
Abstract. In steep landscapes, river incision sets the pace of landscape evolution. Transport of coarse sediment controls incision by evacuating material...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/10/1017/2022/esurf-10-1017-2022-metrics.html
ESurf - Metrics - Geomorphic signature of segmented relief rejuvenation in the Sierra Morena, Betic...
Abstract. The foreland relief of alpine orogenic belts is often rejuvenated due to the intraplate propagation of orogenic deformation. Thus, in these...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/3/543/2015/esurf-3-543-2015-discussion.html
ESurf - Peer review - Block and boulder transport in Eastern Samar (Philippines) during...
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https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/11/183/2023/esurf-11-183-2023-relations.html
ESURF - Relations - River incision, 10Be production and transport in a source-to-sink sediment...
Abstract. Detrital 10Be from continental river sands or submarine sediments has been extensively used to determine the average long-term denudation rates of...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/6/583/2018/
ESurf - Evidence of, and a proposed explanation for, bimodal transport states in alluvial rivers
Abstract. Gravel-bedded rivers organize their bank-full channel geometry and grain size such that shear stress is close to the threshold of motion. Sand-bedded...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/11/21/2023/
ESurf - Entrainment and deposition of boulders in a gravel bed river
Abstract. Bedload transport, entrainment of coarse sediment by a river, is inherently a stochastic and intermittent process whose monitoring remains...
in agravel bedesurfentrainmentdeposition
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/2/531/2014/
ESurf - An overview of underwater sound generated by interparticle collisions and its application...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/8/51/2020/
ESurf - Stabilising large grains in self-forming steep channels
Abstract. It is understood that the interaction between sediment supply and discharge drives first-order behaviour of alluvial deposits. The influence of the...
esurflargegrainsselfforming
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/1229/2025/esurf-13-1229-2025-relations.html
ESURF - Relations - Improving a multi-grain-size total sediment load model through a new...
Abstract. Modelling sediment transport is important to understand how fluvial systems respond to climatic change or other transient conditions such as...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/6/203/2018/esurf-6-203-2018-discussion.html
ESurf - Peer review - Quantifying biostabilisation effects of biofilm-secreted and extracted...
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https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/665/2025/
ESurf - Use of simple analytical solutions in the calibration of shallow water equation debris flow...
Abstract. Modelling debris flow propagation requires numerical models able to describe the main characteristics of the flow, such as velocity or inundation...
https://esurf.copernicus.org/articles/3/251/2015/
ESurf - Decadal-scale soil redistribution along hillslopes in the Mojave Desert
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