ruggedness: Terrain ruggedness index

In adamlilith/fasterRaster: Faster Raster and Spatial Vector Processing Using 'GRASS GIS'

Terrain ruggedness index

Description

For a given focal grid cell, the terrain ruggedness index (TRI) is calculated by taking the square root of the average of the squared difference between the focal cell's elevation and the elevations of the 8 surrounding cells, or

\sqrt(\sum_{i = 1}^{8}(m_i - m_0)^2 / 8)

where m_0 is the elevation of the focal cell and m_i is the elevation of the ith grid cell.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'GRaster'
ruggedness(x)

Arguments

x	A GRaster.

Value

A GRaster.

References

Riley, S.J., DeGloria, S.D., and Elliot, R. 1999. A terrain ruggedness index that quantifies topographic heterogeneity. Intermountain Journal of Sciences 5:23-27.

See Also

terrain(), wetness(), geomorphons()

Examples

if (grassStarted()) {

# Setup
library(terra)

# Elevation raster
madElev <- fastData("madElev")

# Convert to GRaster:
elev <- fast(madElev)

# Terrain ruggedness index:
tri <- ruggedness(elev)
plot(c(elev, tri))

# Topographic wetness index:
twi <- wetness(elev)
plot(c(elev, twi))

}

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