ChiProfiler: ChiProfiler version 1.0.0

This is the first release of ChiProfiler. It will be updated periodically.

ChiProfiler is series of MATLAB functions that utilizes TopoToolbox to analyze river longitudinal profiles

ChiProfiler is a series of Matlab functions that utilize TopoToolbox version 2 (Schwanghart and Scherler, 2014) to conduct river profile analysis using the chi or integral method (Perron and Royden, 2013). ChiProfiler also allows users to generate maps of river network metrics, such as the normalized steepness index (ksn) and the integral quantity chi (Wobus et al., 2006; Willett et al., 2014). ChiProfiler was developed by Sean Gallen and is shortly described and applied in Gallen and Wegmann (in press). Please cite Gallen and Wegmann (in press) if you use these codes for scientific research. All users need to do is download TopoToolbox (https://topotoolbox.wordpress.com/) and it is easy to run ChiProfiler in Matlab.

See ChiProfiler on GitHub for more information.

If you have any questions or comments please contact the author:

Sean F. Gallen

sean.gallen[at]erdw.ethz.ch

References

Gallen, S.F., Wegmann, K.W.: River profile response to normal fault growth and linkage: An example from the Hellenic forearc of south-central Crete, Greece, Earth Surf. Dynam., in press, http://www.earth-surf-dynam-discuss.net/esurf-2016-52/.

Perron, J.T., Royden, L.: An integral approach to bedrock river profile analysis, Earth Surf. Processes Landforms, 38, 570-576, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.3302

Schwanghart, W., Scherler, D.: Short Communication: TopoToolbox 2 – MATLAB-based software for topographic analysis and modeling in Earth surface sciences, Earth Surf. Dynam., 2, 1-7, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2-1-2014

Willett, S.D., McCoy, S.W., Perron, J.T., Goren, L., Chen, C.-Y.: Dynamic Reorganization of River Basins, Science, 343, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1248765

Wobus, C., Whipple, K.X., Kirby, E., Snyder, N., Johnson, J., Spyropolou, K., Crosby, B., Sheehan, D.: Tectonics from topography: Procedures, promise, and pitfalls, Geological Society of America Special Papers, 398, 55-74, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/2006.2398(04)