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o Topologic and Geometric Width Function.
o Link’s Concentration Function
o Horton Analysis
o Generalized Horton Analysis (Statistical simple scaling of network
properties)
o Network links analysis (Length, area, slope, etc) including xy-plots for
link properties (e.g. Hack's Law)
o Area-Altitude (Hypsometric Curve)
o Self-similarity network and terrain decomposition based on the
Random Self-similar Network (RSN) model
o Scaling analysis of spatially distributed variables (Precipitation,
Evaporation) in the river network context
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Link-Hillslope1 based rainfall-runoff model
o 3D view of the basin topography
o Decomposition of basin into links and hillslopes
o Real time flow simulations
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Water Balance
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Time Series Analysis
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Rainfall Fields Simulator
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Input-Output tools for the tRIBS hydrologic model
Licensing
CUENCAS is distributed under the GNU-GPL license. The GNU General Public
License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software and to
make sure the software is free for all its users. This General Public License applies to
most of the Free Software Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors
commit to using it.
The exact terms of the license are distributed with the source code. They can also be
found at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html#SEC3.
1.2
Running CUENCAS Using Java™ Webstart
CUENCAS uses the Java™ Webstart technology for the installation and upgrading
process. This simplifies the process of making the most current version available for
users.
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Note that we use the word Hillslope to denote all the area (portion of the landscape) that drains to the
link. In many contexts this area is called link’s catchment.