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Improving virtual pipes model of hydraulic and thermal erosion with vegetation considerations

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Current research in real-time water simulation can also calculate hydraulic erosion to a landscape; however, vegetation, which carries one of the biggest impacts on hydraulic erosion, is often not considered. We proposed an improvement upon the virtual pipes model for real-time hydraulic and thermal erosion simulation by incorporating considerations for vegetation cover. This method advances previous work by considering the limiting of soil erosion in vegetated areas due to soil binding, leaf cover, and transpiration from the plants. It also considers the impacts of vegetation death and the erosion and transportation of dead vegetation matter. Our algorithm creates a more realistic real-time erosion simulation, as seen by comparing erosion results with and without considering vegetation. Our results run in real time and clearly show the erosion effects expected by combining these methods.

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This research was partially funded by the NSF 1718139.

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Due to differences in soil types, vegetation types, weather, etc., there are a number of variables that can be adjusted either artistically to create the desired look in a simulation or to match the expected behavior in a real location. A list of the variables used throughout this manuscript can be found in Table 2.

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Hawkins, B., Ricks, B. Improving virtual pipes model of hydraulic and thermal erosion with vegetation considerations. Vis Comput 39, 2835–2846 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-022-02496-0

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