Diurnal Anisotropic Heat

Author(s)	J.Böhner, O.Conrad (c) 2008
Library ID	ta_morphometry
Tool ID	12
Version	1.0
Menu	Terrain Analysis \| Climate and Weather

Description

This tool calculates a rather simple approximation of the anisotropic diurnal heat (Ha) distribution using the formula: Ha = cos(amax - a) * arctan(b) where amax defines the aspect with the maximum total heat surplus, a is the slope aspect and b is the slope angle. For more details see Boehner & Antonic (2009).

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Elevation	grid, input	`DEM`	-	-
Output	Diurnal Anisotropic Heating	grid, output	`DAH`	-	-
Options	Grid System	grid system	`PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM`	-	-
Options	Alpha Max (Degree)	floating point number	`ALPHA_MAX`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Maximum: 360.000000 Default: 202.500000

Command Line


Usage: saga_cmd ta_morphometry 12 [-DEM ] [-DAH ] [-ALPHA_MAX ]
  -DEM:            Elevation
	grid, input
  -DAH:            Diurnal Anisotropic Heating
	grid, output
  -ALPHA_MAX:
                        Alpha Max (Degree)
                        	floating point number
                        	Minimum: 0.000000
                        	Maximum: 360.000000
                        	Default: 202.500000