Mass Balance Index

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2008
Menu: Terrain Analysis | Morphometry

Description

A mass balance index.

References

Friedrich, K. (1996): Digitale Reliefgliederungsverfahren zur Ableitung bodenkundlich relevanter Flaecheneinheiten. Frankfurter Geowissenschaftliche Arbeiten D 21, Frankfurt/M. online.
Friedrich, K. (1998): Multivariate distance methods for geomorphographic relief classification. In: Heinecke, H., Eckelmann, W., Thomasson, A., Jones, J., Montanarella, L., Buckley, B. (eds.): Land Information Systems - Developments for planning the sustainable use of land resources. European Soil Bureau - Research Report 4, EUR 17729 EN, Office for official publications of the European Communities, Ispra, pp. 259-266. online.
Moeller, M., Volk, M., Friedrich, K., Lymburner, L. (2008): Placing soil-genesis and transport processes into a landscape context: A multiscale terrain-analysis approach. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 171, pp. 419-430. doi:10.1002/jpln.200625039.

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Elevation	grid, input	`DEM`	-	-
Input	Vertical Distance to Channel Network	grid, input, optional	`HREL`	-	-
Output	Mass Balance Index	grid, output	`MBI`	-	-
Options	Grid System	grid system	`PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM`	-	-
	T Slope	floating point number	`TSLOPE`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 15.000000
	T Curvature	floating point number	`TCURVE`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 0.010000
	T Vertical Distance to Channel Network	floating point number	`THREL`	-	Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 15.000000

Command Line


Usage: saga_cmd ta_morphometry 10 [-DEM ] [-HREL ] [-MBI ] [-TSLOPE ] [-TCURVE ] [-THREL ]
  -DEM:         Elevation
	grid, input
  -HREL:        Vertical Distance to Channel Network
	grid, input, optional
  -MBI:         Mass Balance Index
	grid, output
  -TSLOPE:   T Slope
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 15.000000
  -TCURVE:   T Curvature
	floating point number
	Minimum: 0.000000
	Default: 0.010000
  -THREL:
                     T Vertical Distance to Channel Network
                     	floating point number
                     	Minimum: 0.000000
                     	Default: 15.000000