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Burn Streams And Fill Depressions

Summary

Compute flow direction raster, using a variant of Wang and Liu priority flood algorithm that processes stream cell in before other cells.

References

[1] Lindsay, J. B. (2016). The Practice of DEM Stream Burning Revisited. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41(5), 658‑668. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3888

[2] WhiteboxGAT Java implementation (Last modified 2 Oct 2017) https://github.com/jblindsay/whitebox-geospatial-analysis-tools/blob/038b9c7/resources/plugins/Scripts/TopologicalBreachBurn.groovy

Tags:
depression filling, sink, flat, preprocessing, dem

Usage

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Parameters

Parameter Description Type
Elevations
ELEVATIONS
QgsProcessingParameterRasterLayer
Stream LineString
STREAMS
QgsProcessingParameterFeatureSource
Stream Primary Key
PK_FIELD
Default value: GID QgsProcessingParameterField
Minimum Z Delta Between Cells
ZDELTA
Default value: 0.0005 QgsProcessingParameterNumber
Flow Direction
OUTPUT
QgsProcessingParameterRasterDestination
Depression-Filled DEM
FILLED (Optional)
QgsProcessingParameterRasterDestination