whitebox (version 2.1.0)

wbt_wetness_index: Wetness index

Description

Calculates the topographic wetness index, Ln(A / tan(slope)).

Usage

wbt_wetness_index(
  sca,
  slope,
  output,
  wd = NULL,
  verbose_mode = FALSE,
  compress_rasters = FALSE
)

Arguments

sca

Input raster specific contributing area (SCA) file.

slope

Input raster slope file (in degrees).

output

Output raster file.

wd

Changes the working directory.

verbose_mode

Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is False, tools will not print output messages.

compress_rasters

Sets the flag used by WhiteboxTools to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.

Value

Returns the tool text outputs.