Tool NameDiurnal Anisotropic Heat
Tool ID12
Library IDta_morphometry
Version1.0
Author(s)J.Böhner, O.Conrad (c) 2008

Description

This tool calculates a rather simple approximation of the anisotropic diurnal heat (Ha) distribution using the formula:
Ha = cos(amax - a) * arctan(b)
where amax defines the aspect with the maximum total heat surplus, a is the slope aspect and b is the slope angle. For more details see Boehner & Antonic (2009).

Parameters

NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Input
Elevationgrid, inputDEM
Output
Diurnal Anisotropic Heatinggrid, outputDAH
Options
Alpha Max (Degree)floating point numberALPHA_MAXMinimum: 0.000000
Maximum: 360.000000
Default: 202.500000