Tool NameFill Sinks (Planchon/Darboux, 2001)
Tool ID3
Library IDta_preprocessor
Version1.0
Author(s)Volker Wichmann (c) 2003

Description

Depression filling algorithm after Olivier Planchon & Frederic Darboux (2001).

References

Planchon, O. & F. Darboux (2001): A fast, simple and versatile algorithm to fill the depressions of digital elevation models. Catena 46: 159-176.


Parameters

NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Input
DEMgrid, inputDEMdigital elevation model [m]
Output
Filled DEMgrid, outputRESULTprocessed DEM
Options
Minimum Slope [Degree]floating point numberMINSLOPEminimum slope angle preserved from one cell to the next, zero results in flat areas [Degree]Minimum: 0.000000
Default: 0.010000