SAGA-GIS Module Library Documentation (v2.2.5)

Module Terrain Surface Texture

Parameters

 NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
InputElevationGrid (input)DEM--
OutputTextureGrid (output)TEXTURE--
OptionsFlat Area ThresholdFloating pointEPSILONmaximum difference between original and median filtered elevation (3x3 moving window) that still is recognized flatMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 1.000000
Scale (Cells)IntegerSCALE-Minimum: 1
Default: 10
MethodChoiceMETHOD-Available Choices:
[0] counting cells
[1] resampling
Default: 1
Weighting FunctionChoiceDW_WEIGHTING-Available Choices:
[0] no distance weighting
[1] inverse distance to a power
[2] exponential
[3] gaussian weighting
Default: 3
Inverse Distance Weighting PowerFloating pointDW_IDW_POWER-Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 1.000000
Inverse Distance OffsetBooleanDW_IDW_OFFSETCalculates weights for distance plus one, avoiding division by zero for zero distancesDefault: 1
Gaussian and Exponential Weighting BandwidthFloating pointDW_BANDWIDTH-Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 0.700000

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd ta_morphometry 20 [-DEM <str>] [-TEXTURE <str>] [-EPSILON <str>] [-SCALE <num>] [-METHOD <str>] [-DW_WEIGHTING <str>] [-DW_IDW_POWER <str>] [-DW_IDW_OFFSET <str>] [-DW_BANDWIDTH <str>]
  -DEM:<str>          	Elevation
	Grid (input)
  -TEXTURE:<str>      	Texture
	Grid (output)
  -EPSILON:<str>      	Flat Area Threshold
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 1.000000
  -SCALE:<num>        	Scale (Cells)
	Integer
	Minimum: 1
	Default: 10
  -METHOD:<str>       	Method
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] counting cells
	[1] resampling
	Default: 1
  -DW_WEIGHTING:<str> 	Weighting Function
	Choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] no distance weighting
	[1] inverse distance to a power
	[2] exponential
	[3] gaussian weighting
	Default: 3
  -DW_IDW_POWER:<str> 	Inverse Distance Weighting Power
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 1.000000
  -DW_IDW_OFFSET:<str>	Inverse Distance Offset
	Boolean
	Default: 1
  -DW_BANDWIDTH:<str> 	Gaussian and Exponential Weighting Bandwidth
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 0.700000