Summit Extraction
- Author: O.Conrad (c) 2019
- Menu: Terrain Analysis | Terrain Classification
Description
This is a simple summit detection tool, e.g. for the analysis of Digital Elevation Models. It calculates the distance above a trend surface (using either the grid resampling filter or the topographic position index) to decide, if a local maximum in the input surface grid represents a summit.
Parameters
|  | Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints | 
|---|
| Input | Surface | grid, input | SURFACE | - | - | 
| Output | Summits | shapes, output | SUMMITS | - | - | 
| Options | Grid system | grid system | SURFACE_GRIDSYSTEM | - | - | 
| Trend Surface | choice | METHOD | - | Available Choices:
[0] Resampling Filter
[1] Topographic Position Index (TPI)
Default: 0 | 
| Scale | floating point number | SCALE_FILTER | The scale (expressed as number of input grid cells) at which the trend surface will be created. | Minimum: 1.000000
Default: 10.000000 | 
| Scale | floating point number | SCALE_TPI | The scale (expressed as map units) at which the trend surface will be created. | Minimum: 1.000000
Default: 300.000000 | 
| Threshold | floating point number | THRESHOLD | The minimum distance above the trend surface for summit cells. | Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 10.000000 | 
Command Line
Usage: saga_cmd ta_morphometry summits [-SURFACE ] [-SUMMITS ] [-METHOD ] [-SCALE_FILTER ] [-SCALE_TPI ] [-THRESHOLD ]
  -SURFACE:        	Surface
	grid, input
  -SUMMITS:        	Summits
	shapes, output
  -METHOD:         	Trend Surface
	choice
	Available Choices:
	[0] Resampling Filter
	[1] Topographic Position Index (TPI)
	Default: 0
  -SCALE_FILTER:	Scale
	floating point number
	Minimum: 1.000000
	Default: 10.000000
  -SCALE_TPI:   	Scale
	floating point number
	Minimum: 1.000000
	Default: 300.000000
  -THRESHOLD:   	Threshold
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 10.000000