Tool NameFlow Accumulation (Parallelizable)
Tool ID29
Library IDta_hydrology
Version1.0
Author(s)O.Conrad (c) 2018

Description

A simple implementation of a parallelizable flow accumulation algorithn.

References

Freeman, G.T. (1991): Calculating catchment area with divergent flow based on a regular grid. Computers and Geosciences, 17:413-22. doi:10.1016/0098-3004(91)90048-I

O'Callaghan, J.F. & Mark, D.M. (1984): The extraction of drainage networks from digital elevation data. Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, 28:323-344. doi:10.1016/S0734-189X(84)80011-0

Tarboton, D.G. (1997): A new method for the determination of flow directions and upslope areas in grid digital elevation models. Water Resources Research, Vol.33, No.2, p.309-319. doi:10.1029/96WR03137


Parameters

NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Input
Elevationgrid, inputDEM
Output
Flow Accumulationgrid, outputFLOW
Options
Update Frequencyinteger numberUPDATEif zero no updates will be doneMinimum: 0
Default: 0
MethodchoiceMETHODAvailable Choices:
[0] D8
[1] Dinfinity
[2] MFD
Default: 2
Convergencefloating point numberCONVERGENCEMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 1.100000