Tool Multi-Band Variation
Calculates for each cell the spectral variation based on feature space distances to the centroid for all cells in specified neighbourhood. The average distance has been used for Spectral Variation Hypothesis (SVH).
References
- Palmer, M.W., Earls, P., Hoagland, B.W., White, P.S., Wohlgemuth, T. (2002): Quantitative tools for perfecting species lists. Environmetrics 13, 121–137.
 
- Author: O.Conrad (c) 2010
 
- Menu: Spatial and Geostatistics|Grids
 
Parameters
|   | Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints | 
| Input | Bands | grid list, input | BANDS | - | - | 
| Output | Mean Distance | grid, output | MEAN | - | - | 
 | Standard Deviation | grid, output | STDDEV | - | - | 
 | Distance | grid, output | DIFF | - | - | 
| Options | Grid System | grid system | PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM | - | - | 
 | Radius [Cells] | integer number | RADIUS | - | Minimum: 1 Default: 1 | 
 | Weighting Function | choice | DW_WEIGHTING | - | Available Choices: [0] no distance weighting [1] inverse distance to a power [2] exponential [3] gaussian Default: 0 | 
 | Power | floating point number | DW_IDW_POWER | - | Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 2.000000 | 
 | Bandwidth | floating point number | DW_BANDWIDTH | Bandwidth for exponential and Gaussian weighting | Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 1.000000 | 
Command-line
Usage: saga_cmd statistics_grid 9 [-BANDS <str>] [-MEAN <str>] [-STDDEV <str>] [-DIFF <str>] [-RADIUS <num>] [-DW_WEIGHTING <str>] [-DW_IDW_POWER <double>] [-DW_BANDWIDTH <double>]
  -BANDS:<str>          	Bands
	grid list, input
  -MEAN:<str>           	Mean Distance
	grid, output
  -STDDEV:<str>         	Standard Deviation
	grid, output
  -DIFF:<str>           	Distance
	grid, output
  -RADIUS:<num>         	Radius [Cells]
	integer number
	Minimum: 1
	Default: 1
  -DW_WEIGHTING:<str>   	Weighting Function
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] no distance weighting
	[1] inverse distance to a power
	[2] exponential
	[3] gaussian
	Default: 0
  -DW_IDW_POWER:<double>	Power
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 2.000000
  -DW_BANDWIDTH:<double>	Bandwidth
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 1.000000