Tool CliffMetrics
CliffMetrics (Automatic Cliff Metrics delineation) delineates the location of the coastline, coastline normals, and cliff top and toe location along these normals.
References
- Payo, A., Jigena Antelo, B., Hurst, M., Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M., Williams, C., Jenkins, G., Lee, K., Favis-Mortlock, D., Barkwith, A., Ellis, M.A. (2018): Development of an automatic delineation of cliff top and toe on very irregular planform coastlines (CliffMetrics v1.0). Geoscientific Model Development 11, 4317–4337. doi: 10.5194/gmd-11-4317-2018..
- Author: Payo et al. (c) 2018, SAGA Interface by O.Conrad (c) 2019
- Menu: Terrain Analysis|Coastal Morphology
Parameters
Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints | |
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Input | Elevation | Grid, input | DEM | - | - |
Output | Sediment Top Elevation | Grid, output | SEDIMENT_TOP | - | - |
Coastline (*) | Grid, output, optional | RASTER_COAST | - | - | |
Normals (*) | Grid, output, optional | RASTER_NORMAL | - | - | |
Coastline | Shapes, output | COAST | - | - | |
Coastline-Normal Profiles | Shapes, output | NORMALS | - | - | |
Cliff Top Points | Shapes, output | CLIFF_TOP | - | - | |
Cliff Toe Points | Shapes, output | CLIFF_TOE | - | - | |
Coast Points | Shapes, output | COAST_POINT | - | - | |
Invalid Coastline-Normal Profiles (*) | Shapes, output, optional | INVALID_NORMALS | - | - | |
Coastline Curvature (*) | Shapes, output, optional | COAST_CURVATURE | - | - | |
Profile Data | Table, output | PROFILES | - | - | |
Options | Grid System | Grid system | PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM | - | - |
Still Water Level | Floating point | StillWaterLevel | Still water level (m) used to extract the shoreline. | Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 1.000000 | |
Coastline Smoothing Algorithm | Choice | CoastSmooth | Vector coastline smoothing algorithm. | Available Choices: [0] none [1] running mean [2] Savitsky-Golay Default: 1 | |
Coastline Smoothing Window Size | Integer | CoastSmoothWindow | Size of coastline smoothing window, resulting kernel size will be: 1 + 2 * size. | Minimum: 1 Default: 30 | |
Polynomial Order for Savitsky-Golay | Integer | SavGolCoastPoly | Order of coastline profile smoothing polynomial for Savitsky-Golay smoothing: usually 2 or 4, max is 6. | Minimum: 1 Maximum: 6 Default: 4 | |
Scale Raster Output Values | Boolean | ScaleRasterOutput | If needed, scale GIS raster output values. | Default: 1 | |
Random Edge for Coastline Search | Boolean | RandomCoastEdgeSearch | Random edge for coastline search. | Default: 1 | |
Length of Coastline Normals | Floating point | CoastNormalLength | Length of coastline normals (m). | Minimum: 0.010000 Default: 500.000000 | |
Vertical Tolerance | Floating point | EleTolerance | Vertical tolerance to avoid false cliff tops and toes. | Minimum: 0.010000 Default: 0.500000 | |
Main Output File Directory | File path | OutPath | - | - | |
(*) optional |
Command-line
Usage: saga_cmd ta_cliffmetrics 0 [-DEM <str>] [-SEDIMENT_TOP <str>] [-RASTER_COAST <str>] [-RASTER_NORMAL <str>] [-COAST <str>] [-NORMALS <str>] [-CLIFF_TOP <str>] [-CLIFF_TOE <str>] [-COAST_POINT <str>] [-INVALID_NORMALS <str>] [-COAST_CURVATURE <str>] [-PROFILES <str>] [-StillWaterLevel <double>] [-CoastSmooth <str>] [-CoastSmoothWindow <num>] [-SavGolCoastPoly <num>] [-ScaleRasterOutput <str>] [-RandomCoastEdgeSearch <str>] [-CoastNormalLength <double>] [-EleTolerance <double>] [-OutPath <str>] -DEM:<str> Elevation Grid, input -SEDIMENT_TOP:<str> Sediment Top Elevation Grid, output -RASTER_COAST:<str> Coastline Grid, output, optional -RASTER_NORMAL:<str> Normals Grid, output, optional -COAST:<str> Coastline Shapes, output -NORMALS:<str> Coastline-Normal Profiles Shapes, output -CLIFF_TOP:<str> Cliff Top Points Shapes, output -CLIFF_TOE:<str> Cliff Toe Points Shapes, output -COAST_POINT:<str> Coast Points Shapes, output -INVALID_NORMALS:<str> Invalid Coastline-Normal Profiles Shapes, output, optional -COAST_CURVATURE:<str> Coastline Curvature Shapes, output, optional -PROFILES:<str> Profile Data Table, output -StillWaterLevel:<double> Still Water Level Floating point Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 1.000000 -CoastSmooth:<str> Coastline Smoothing Algorithm Choice Available Choices: [0] none [1] running mean [2] Savitsky-Golay Default: 1 -CoastSmoothWindow:<num> Coastline Smoothing Window Size Integer Minimum: 1 Default: 30 -SavGolCoastPoly:<num> Polynomial Order for Savitsky-Golay Integer Minimum: 1 Maximum: 6 Default: 4 -ScaleRasterOutput:<str> Scale Raster Output Values Boolean Default: 1 -RandomCoastEdgeSearch:<str> Random Edge for Coastline Search Boolean Default: 1 -CoastNormalLength:<double> Length of Coastline Normals Floating point Minimum: 0.010000 Default: 500.000000 -EleTolerance:<double> Vertical Tolerance Floating point Minimum: 0.010000 Default: 0.500000 -OutPath:<str> Main Output File Directory File path