Tool Mass Balance Index

A mass balance index.

References

Friedrich, K. (1996): Digitale Reliefgliederungsverfahren zur Ableitung bodenkundlich relevanter Flaecheneinheiten. Frankfurter Geowissenschaftliche Arbeiten D 21, Frankfurt/M. online.
Friedrich, K. (1998): Multivariate distance methods for geomorphographic relief classification. In: Heinecke, H., Eckelmann, W., Thomasson, A., Jones, J., Montanarella, L., Buckley, B. (eds.): Land Inforamtion Systems - Developments for planning the sustainable use of land resources. European Soil Bureau - Research Report 4, EUR 17729 EN, Office for oficial publications of the European Communities, Ispra, pp. 259-266. online.
Moeller, M., Volk, M., Friedrich, K., Lymburner, L. (2008): Placing soil-genesis and transport processes into a landscape context: A multiscale terrain-analysis approach. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 171, pp. 419-430, DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200625039.

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2008
Menu: Terrain Analysis|Morphometry

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Elevation	Grid (input)	`DEM`	-	-
Input	Vertical Distance to Channel Network (*)	Grid (optional input)	`HREL`	-	-
Output	Mass Balance Index	Grid (output)	`MBI`	-	-
Options	Grid System	Grid system	`PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM`	-	-
	T Slope	Floating point	`TSLOPE`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 15.000000
	T Curvature	Floating point	`TCURVE`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 0.010000
	T Vertical Distance to Channel Network	Floating point	`THREL`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 15.000000
(*) optional

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd ta_morphometry 10 [-DEM <str>] [-HREL <str>] [-MBI <str>] [-TSLOPE <double>] [-TCURVE <double>] [-THREL <double>]
  -DEM:<str>      	Elevation
	Grid (input)
  -HREL:<str>     	Vertical Distance to Channel Network
	Grid (optional input)
  -MBI:<str>      	Mass Balance Index
	Grid (output)
  -TSLOPE:<double>	T Slope
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 15.000000
  -TCURVE:<double>	T Curvature
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 0.010000
  -THREL:<double> 	T Vertical Distance to Channel Network
	Floating point
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 15.000000