GRASS GIS manual: i.eb.z0m0

NAME

i.eb.z0m0 - Computes momentum roughness length (z0m) and surface roughness for heat transport (z0h) after Bastiaanssen (2004).

KEYWORDS

imagery, energy balance, SEBAL, SEBS, roughness length

SYNOPSIS

i.eb.z0m0

i.eb.z0m0 --help

i.eb.z0m0 [-h] ndvi=name [coef=float] hv_max=float hmr=float output=name [z0h=name] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

-h: z0h output (You have to input a coef value)
--overwrite: Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help: Print usage summary
--verbose: Verbose module output
--quiet: Quiet module output
--ui: Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

ndvi=name [required]: Name of the NDVI map [-1.0;1.0]
coef=float: Value of the converion factor from z0m and z0h (Bastiaanssen (2005) used 0.1); Default: 0.1
hv_max=float [required]: Value of the vegetation height at max(NDVI) i.e. standard C3 crop could be 1.5m; Default: 1.5
hmr=float [required]: Value of the micro-relief height (h.m-r.) on flat bare ground, most references point to 2cm; Default: 0.02
output=name [required]: Name of the output z0m layer
z0h=name: Name of the output z0h layer

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DESCRIPTION

i.eb.z0m0 calculates the momentum roughness length (z0m) and optionally the surface roughness for heat transport (z0h) as per SEBAL requirements from bastiaanssen (1995). This version is calculating from a NDVI with an deterministic equation, as seen in Bastiaanssen (1995). This is a typical input to sensible heat flux computations of any energy balance modeling.

NOTES

The NDVI map input and the ndvi_max operation set, is only to get a linear relationship from NDVI to vegetation height. The latter being related to z0m by a factor 7. If you happen to have a vegetation height (hv) map, then z0m=hv/7 and z0h=0.1*z0m. There, fixed.