Tool NameTerrain Ruggedness Index (TRI)
Tool ID16
Library IDta_morphometry
Version1.0
Author(s)O.Conrad (c) 2010

Please cite SAGA whenever you use it for your publications:

doi:10.5194/gmd-8-1991-2015


Description

Terrain Ruggedness Index (TRI)

Parameters

NameTypeIdentifierDescriptionConstraints
Input
Elevationgrid, inputDEM
Output
Terrain Ruggedness Indexgrid, outputTRI
Options
Search ModechoiceMODEAvailable Choices:
[0] Square
[1] Circle
Default: 1
Search Radiusinteger numberRADIUSradius in cellsMinimum: 1
Default: 1
Weighting FunctionchoiceDW_WEIGHTINGAvailable Choices:
[0] no distance weighting
[1] inverse distance to a power
[2] exponential
[3] gaussian
Default: 0
Powerfloating point numberDW_IDW_POWERMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 2
Bandwidthfloating point numberDW_BANDWIDTHBandwidth for exponential and Gaussian weightingMinimum: 0.000000
Default: 75