Search Results - "Gasparini, Nicole M"

An actionable anti-racism plan for geoscience organizations by Ali, Hendratta N., Sheffield, Sarah L., Bauer, Jennifer E., Caballero-Gill, Rocío P., Gasparini, Nicole M., Libarkin, Julie, Gonzales, Kalynda K., Willenbring, Jane, Amir-Lin, Erika, Cisneros, Julia, Desai, Dipa, Erwin, Maitri, Gallant, Elisabeth, Gomez, Kiara Jeannelle, Keisling, Benjamin A., Mahon, Robert, Marín-Spiotta, Erika, Welcome, Leiaka, Schneider, Blair

“…Geoscience organizations shape the discipline. They influence attitudes and expectations, set standards, and provide benefits to their members. Today, racism…”
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Short communication: Landlab v2.0: a software package for Earth surface dynamics by Barnhart, Katherine R, Hutton, Eric W. H, Tucker, Gregory E, Gasparini, Nicole M, Istanbulluoglu, Erkan, Hobley, Daniel E. J, Lyons, Nathan J, Mouchene, Margaux, Nudurupati, Sai Siddhartha, Adams, Jordan M, Bandaragoda, Christina

“…Numerical simulation of the form and characteristics of Earth's surface provides insight into its evolution. Landlab is an open-source Python package that…”
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Expanding the Spatial Reach and Human Impacts of Critical Zone Science by Singha, Kamini, Sullivan, Pamela L., Billings, Sharon A., Walls, Leon, Li, Li, Jarecke, Karla M., Barnard, Holly R., Gasparini, Nicole M., Madoff, Risa D., Dhital, Saroj, Jones, Candace, Kastelic, Eric C., Ma, Lin, Perilla‐Castillo, Paula, Song, Boyoung, Zhu, Tieyuan

“…Two major barriers hinder the holistic understanding of subsurface critical zone (CZ) evolution and its impacts: (a) an inability to measure, define, and share…”
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An object-oriented framework for distributed hydrologic and geomorphic modeling using triangulated irregular networks by Tucker, Gregory E., Lancaster, Stephen T., Gasparini, Nicole M., Bras, Rafael L., Rybarczyk, Scott M.

“…We describe a new set of data structures and algorithms for dynamic terrain modeling using a triangulated irregular network (TINs). The framework provides an…”
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Chemical weathering as a mechanism for the climatic control of bedrock river incision by Murphy, Brendan P., Johnson, Joel P. L., Gasparini, Nicole M., Sklar, Leonard S.

“…Climate-dependent chemical weathering is found to control the erodibility of bedrock-floored rivers across a rainfall gradient on the Kohala Peninsula,…”
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Earth science: A fresh look at river flow by Gasparini, Nicole M

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A fresh look at river flow by Gasparini, Nicole M.

“…A detailed survey of the Fraser River in Canada challenges preconceptions about how river water flows. The results call for a re-evaluation of how waterways…”
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A generalized power law approximation for fluvial incision of bedrock channels by Gasparini, Nicole M., Brandon, Mark T.

“…Sediment flux is known to influence bedrock incision rates in mountain rivers. Although the widely used stream power incision model lacks any explicit…”
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On Transient Semi‐Arid Ecosystem Dynamics Using Landlab: Vegetation Shifts, Topographic Refugia, and Response to Climate by Nudurupati, Sai S., Istanbulluoglu, Erkan, Tucker, Gregory E., Gasparini, Nicole M., Hobley, Daniel E. J., Hutton, Eric W. H., Barnhart, Katherine R., Adams, Jordan M.

“…Projecting how arid and semi‐arid ecosystems respond to global change requires the integration of a wide array of analytical and numerical models to address…”
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Creative computing with Landlab: an open-source toolkit for building, coupling, and exploring two-dimensional numerical models of Earth-surface dynamics by Hobley, Daniel E. J, Adams, Jordan M, Nudurupati, Sai Siddhartha, Hutton, Eric W. H, Gasparini, Nicole M, Istanbulluoglu, Erkan, Tucker, Gregory E

“…The ability to model surface processes and to couple them to both subsurface and atmospheric regimes has proven invaluable to research in the Earth and…”
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Short Communication: Numerically simulated time to steady state is not a reliable measure of landscape response time by Gasparini, Nicole M, Forte, Adam M, Barnhart, Katherine R

“…Quantifying the timescales over which landscapes evolve is critical for understanding past and future environmental change. Computational landscape evolution…”
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Measuring the imprint of orographic rainfall gradients on the morphology of steady-state numerical fluvial landscapes by Han, Jianwei, Gasparini, Nicole M., Johnson, Joel P. L.

“…ABSTRACT We explore the imprint of spatial rainfall patterns on steady‐state landscapes with uniform rock uplift rate. A two‐dimensional (2D) orographic…”
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Formation of fluvial hanging valleys: Theory and simulation by Crosby, Benjamin T., Whipple, Kelin X., Gasparini, Nicole M., Wobus, Cameron W.

“…Although only recently recognized, hanging tributary valleys in unglaciated, tectonically active landscapes are surprisingly common. Stream power–based river…”
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Orogen-scale drainage network evolution and response to erodibility changes: insights from numerical experiments by Giachetta, Emanuele, Refice, Alberto, Capolongo, Domenico, Gasparini, Nicole M., Pazzaglia, Frank J.

“…ABSTRACT The continuous feedbacks among tectonics, surface processes, and climate are reflected in the distribution of catchments on active mountain ranges…”
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Mechanisms of late Quaternary fault throw‐rate variability along the north central Gulf of Mexico coast: implications for coastal subsidence by Shen, Zhixiong, Dawers, Nancye H., Törnqvist, Torbjörn E., Gasparini, Nicole M., Hijma, Marc P., Mauz, Barbara

“…Quaternary sea‐level cycles have caused dramatic depocentre shifts near the mouths of major rivers. The effects of these shifts on fault activity in passive…”
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Uncertainty quantification in modeling earth surface processes: more applicable for some types of models than for others by Murray, A. Brad, Gasparini, Nicole M., Goldstein, Evan B., van der Wegen, Mick

“…In Earth-surface science, numerical models are used for a range of purposes, from making quantitatively accurate predictions for practical or scientific…”
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Topographic controls on divide migration, stream capture, and diversification in riverine life by Lyons, Nathan J, Val, Pedro, Albert, James S, Willenbring, Jane K, Gasparini, Nicole M

“…Drainages reorganise in landscapes under diverse conditions and process dynamics that impact biotic distributions and evolution. We first investigated the…”
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The Landlab v1.0 OverlandFlow component: a Python tool for computing shallow-water flow across watersheds by Adams, Jordan M, Gasparini, Nicole M, Hobley, Daniel E J, Tucker, Gregory E, Hutton, Eric W H, Nudurupati, Sai S, Istanbulluoglu, Erkan

“…Representation of flowing water in landscape evolution models (LEMs) is often simplified compared to hydrodynamic models, as LEMs make assumptions reducing…”
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Hydrologic controls on wash load sediment concentrations within a low-ordered, ephemeral watershed by Yuill, Brendan T., Gasparini, Nicole M.

“…► Field data indicate fluvial wash load concentrations are correlated to rainfall. ► Wash load is less correlated to runoff due to transmission loss. ►…”
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Morphological signatures of normal faulting in low-gradient alluvial rivers in south-eastern Louisiana, USA by Gasparini, Nicole M., Fischer, Glenn C., Adams, Jordan M., Dawers, Nancye H., Janoff, Arye M.

“…We explore the fluvial response to faulting in three low‐gradient, sand‐bed rivers in south‐eastern Louisiana, USA, that flow across active normal faults from…”
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