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| author | Alexander Bruy <alexander.bruy@gmail.com> | 2012-12-28 20:36:32 -0500 |
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| committer | dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org> | 2012-12-29 22:25:34 -0500 |
| commit | 9ef5b37210bce6a7bf0416d658e202fd0500a42f (patch) | |
| tree | 56ee2dbe4f43b84973449f4c01157e2d5b6ba172 /academic/TauDEM/README | |
| parent | 881f6be2d508dcf466ad98cc83f790aefb7b69b4 (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-9ef5b37210bce6a7bf0416d658e202fd0500a42f.tar.gz | |
academic/TauDEM: Added (Terrain Analysis Using DEM)
Signed-off-by: dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/academic/TauDEM/README b/academic/TauDEM/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2eb6722f78 --- /dev/null +++ b/academic/TauDEM/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +TauDEM (Terrain Analysis Using Digital Elevation Models) is a suite of Digital +Elevation Model (DEM) tools for the extraction and analysis of hydrologic +information from topography as represented by a DEM. TauDEM provides the +following capability: + +* Development of hydrologically correct (pit removed) DEMs using the flooding + approach +* Calculates flow paths (directions) and slopes +* Calculates contributing area using single and multiple flow direction methods +* Multiple methods for the delineation of stream networks including topographic + form-based methods sensitive to spatially variable drainage density +* Objective methods for determination of the channel network delineation + threshold based on stream drops +* Delineation of watersheds and subwatersheds draining to each stream segment + and association between watershed and segment attributes for setting up + hydrologic models +* Specialized functions for terrain analysis |