| Tool Name | CliffMetrics |
| Tool ID | 0 |
| Library ID | ta_cliffmetrics |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Author(s) | SAGA Interface by O.Conrad (c) 2019, CliffMetrics by Payo et al. (c) 2018 |
Payo, A., Jigena Antelo, B., Hurst, M., Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M., Williams, C., Jenkins, G., Lee, K., Favis-Mortlock, D., Barkwith, A., Ellis, M.A. (2018): Development of an automatic delineation of cliff top and toe on very irregular planform coastlines (CliffMetrics v1.0). Geoscientific Model Development 11, 4317-4337. doi:10.5194/gmd-11-4317-2018
CliffMetrics-SAGA: Wiki Documentation
| Name | Type | Identifier | Description | Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input | ||||
| Elevation | grid, input | DEM | ||
| User Defined Coastline Points | shapes, input, optional | COAST_INITIAL | if non empty, cliffmetric will use the user defined coastal line to draw the transects | |
| Output | ||||
| Sediment Top Elevation | grid, output | SEDIMENT_TOP | ||
| Coastline | grid, output, optional | RASTER_COAST | ||
| Normals | grid, output, optional | RASTER_NORMAL | ||
| Coastline | shapes, output | COAST | ||
| Coastline-Normal Profiles | shapes, output | NORMALS | ||
| Cliff Top Points | shapes, output | CLIFF_TOP | ||
| Cliff Toe Points | shapes, output | CLIFF_TOE | ||
| Coast Points | shapes, output | COAST_POINT | ||
| Invalid Coastline-Normal Profiles | shapes, output, optional | INVALID_NORMALS | ||
| Coastline Curvature | shapes, output, optional | COAST_CURVATURE | ||
| Profile Data | table, output | PROFILES | ||
| Options | ||||
| Sea handiness | choice | CoastSeaHandiness | as you traverse the coastline, on which side of shoreline the sea is? | Available Choices: [0] right [1] left Default: 0 |
| Start edge coastline | choice | StartEdgeUserCoastLine | on which edge of the DTM the start of coastline is? | Available Choices: [0] North [1] East [2] South [3] West Default: 0 |
| End edge coastline | choice | EndEdgeUserCoastLine | on which edge of the DTM the end of coastline is? | Available Choices: [0] North [1] East [2] South [3] West Default: 0 |
| Still Water Level | floating point number | StillWaterLevel | Still water level (m) used to extract the shoreline. | Minimum: 0.000000 Default: 1.000000 |
| Coastline Smoothing Algorithm | choice | CoastSmooth | Vector coastline smoothing algorithm. | Available Choices: [0] none [1] running mean [2] Savitsky-Golay Default: 1 |
| Coastline Smoothing Window Size | integer number | CoastSmoothWindow | Size of coastline smoothing window, resulting kernel size will be: 1 + 2 * size. | Minimum: 1 Default: 30 |
| Polynomial Order for Savitsky-Golay | integer number | SavGolCoastPoly | Order of coastline profile smoothing polynomial for Savitsky-Golay smoothing: usually 2 or 4, max is 6. | Minimum: 1 Maximum: 6 Default: 4 |
| Scale Raster Output Values | boolean | ScaleRasterOutput | If needed, scale GIS raster output values. | Default: 1 |
| Random Edge for Coastline Search | boolean | RandomCoastEdgeSearch | Random edge for coastline search. | Default: 1 |
| Length of Coastline Normals | floating point number | CoastNormalLength | Length of coastline normals (m). | Minimum: 0.010000 Default: 500.000000 |
| Vertical Tolerance | floating point number | EleTolerance | Vertical tolerance to avoid false cliff tops and toes. | Minimum: 0.010000 Default: 0.500000 |
| Main Output File Directory | file path | OutPath | ||