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Topic: terrain

Tool Description
i.topo.corr Computes topographic correction of reflectance.
r.slope.aspect Generates raster maps of slope, aspect, curvatures and partial derivatives from an elevation raster map. Aspect is calculated counterclockwise from east.

See also the corresponding keyword for additional references:

terrain

  • i.topo.corr - Computes topographic correction of reflectance.
  • r.convergence - Calculate convergence index.
  • r.earthworks - Earthworks
  • r.local.relief - Creates a local relief model from elevation map.
  • r.northerness.easterness - Calculation of northerness, easterness and the interaction between northerness and slope
  • r.param.scale - Extracts terrain parameters from a DEM. Uses a multi-scale approach by taking fitting quadratic parameters to any size window (via least squares).
  • r.relief - Creates shaded relief map from an elevation map (DEM).
  • r.roughness.vector - Calculates surface roughness in a moving-window, as the orientation of vectors normal to surface planes.
  • r.shaded.pca - Creates relief shades from various directions and combines them into RGB composition. The combined shades highlight terrain features which wouldn't be visible using standard shading technique.
  • r.sim.terrain - Dynamic landscape evolution model
  • r.slope.aspect - Generates raster maps of slope, aspect, curvatures and partial derivatives from an elevation raster map. Aspect is calculated counterclockwise from east.
  • r.terrain.texture - Unsupervised nested-means algorithm for terrain classification
  • r.tpi - Calculates the multiscale topographic position index
  • r.tri - Computes the Terrain Ruggedness Index.
  • r.valley.bottom - Calculation of Multi-resolution Valley Bottom Flatness (MrVBF) index
  • r.vector.ruggedness - Vector Ruggedness Measure
  • v.habitat.dem - Calculates DEM derived characteristics of habitats.