Coastal Profile Crossings
- Author: Andres Payo & Olaf Conrad (c) 2020
- Menu: Terrain Analysis | Coastal Morphology
Description
The Coastal Profile Crossings tool identifies the crossing points between coastal profiles along a reference coastline (from CliffMetrics Normal outputs) and any other coast lines and calculates the distance and coastline differences metrics.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input | SeaSide Profile Lines Layer | shapes, input | LINES_SeaSide | - | - |
| LandSide Profile Lines Layer | shapes, input | LINES_LandSide | - | - | |
| Coast Lines Layer | shapes, input | LINES_Coast | - | - | |
| Output | Crossings at Sea Side | shapes, output | CROSSINGS_SEASIDE | - | - |
| Crossings at Land Side | shapes, output | CROSSINGS_LANDSIDE | - | - | |
| Distances to profile start point | shapes, output | DISTANCES | Distances > 0 if towards sea side (acretion) and < 0 if towards landside (erosion) | - | |
| Options | Parent Attributes | choice | ATTRIBUTES | attributes inherited by parent lines layers | Available Choices: [0] index [1] attributes [2] index and attributes Default: 0 |
Command Line
Usage: saga_cmd ta_cliffmetrics 1 [-LINES_SeaSide] [-LINES_LandSide ] [-LINES_Coast ] [-CROSSINGS_SEASIDE ] [-CROSSINGS_LANDSIDE ] [-ATTRIBUTES ] [-DISTANCES ] -LINES_SeaSide: SeaSide Profile Lines Layer shapes, input -LINES_LandSide: LandSide Profile Lines Layer shapes, input -LINES_Coast: Coast Lines Layer shapes, input -CROSSINGS_SEASIDE: Crossings at Sea Side shapes, output -CROSSINGS_LANDSIDE: Crossings at Land Side shapes, output -ATTRIBUTES: Parent Attributes choice Available Choices: [0] index [1] attributes [2] index and attributes Default: 0 -DISTANCES: Distances to profile start point shapes, output