TERRESIM: A simulation system for understanding and managing the interactions between runoff, vegetation, soils and climate in a changing environment

我们周围的地貌随着水文、侵蚀、气候和植被的变化而演变。同样，这些过程的过去行为（因此是历史上的气候波动）也写在沉积的沉积物中。为了研究这些相互作用，将开发一个国家的最先进的地形模拟器（TerreSim）。我们将利用它来探索土壤，植被和水文（例如供水）的演变，发展和可持续性，以便更好地了解它们对气候变化的反应。我们还将研究陡峭景观中悬崖退缩和泥石流的速率，以更好地了解悬崖的稳定性。

The landforms around us evolve in response to the processes of hydrology, erosion, climate and vegetation that develops on them. Likewise, the past behaviour of these processes (thus historical climatic fluctuations) in written in the deposited sediment. To study these interactions will be develop a state-of-the-art landform simulator (TerreSim). We will use it to explore the evolution, development and sustainability of soils, vegetation, and hydrology (e.g. water supply) so as to better understand their response to climatic changes. We will also study rates of cliff retreat and debris flow in steep landscapes to better understand cliff stability.