wbt_ruggedness_index: Ruggedness index

In whitebox: 'WhiteboxTools' R Frontend

Description

Calculates the Riley et al.'s (1999) terrain ruggedness index from an input DEM.

Usage

wbt_ruggedness_index(
  dem,
  output,
  zfactor = NULL,
  wd = NULL,
  verbose_mode = FALSE
)

Arguments

dem	Input raster DEM file.
output	Output raster file.
zfactor	Optional multiplier for when the vertical and horizontal units are not the same.
wd	Changes the working directory.
verbose_mode	Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is False, tools will not print output messages.

Value

Returns the tool text outputs.

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