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r.surf.gauss(1grass) Grass User's Manual r.surf.gauss(1grass)

NAME

r.surf.gauss - GRASS module to produce a raster map layer of gaussian deviates whose mean and standard deviation can be expressed by the user. It uses a gaussian random number generator.

KEYWORDS

raster, statistics

SYNOPSIS

r.surf.gauss
 
r.surf.gauss help
 
r.surf.gauss output=name [mean=float] [sigma=float] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:

--overwrite
 
Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--verbose
 
Verbose module output
--quiet
 
Quiet module output

Parameters:

output=name
 
Name of the output random surface
mean=float
 
Distribution mean
 
Default: 0.0
sigma=float
 
Standard deviation
 
Default: 1.0

DESCRIPTION

r.surf.gauss produces a raster map layer of Gaussian deviates whose mean and standard deviation can be expressed by the user. It uses a Gaussian random number generator. It is essentialy the same as r.surf.random, but uses a Gaussian random number generator instead.
Histogram of map generated with r.surf.gauss (mean=0, sigma=10)

SEE ALSO

r.surf.contour, r.surf.fractal, r.surf.idw, r.surf.idw2, r.surf.random, v.surf.rst

AUTHOR

Jo Wood
 
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Last changed: $Date: 2008-06-01 12:06:54 +0200 (Sun, 01 Jun 2008) $
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