topidx {topmodel}R Documentation

Calculation of the topographic index from a DEM raster

Description

Calculation of the topographic index from a DEM raster

Usage

topidx(DEM, resolution)

Arguments

DEM A matrix representing a DEM with equally sized pixels and equal NS and EW resolution
resolution Resolution of the DEM (m)

Details

The function returns a raster with ln(a/tanb) values for each grid cell

Author(s)

Wouter Buytaert, University of Bristol

See Also

topmodel


[Package topmodel version 0.5 Index]