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Step 4: Calculate Metrics

Calculate metrics

Run this script to calculate summary metrics from the features mapped in the DCEs

Inputs:

  • project_path - The path to a folder where you want the project folder structure to be created
  • RS_folder_name - The name of the folder with RS Context shapefiles you want to use to calculate site metrics (the folder with the Valley Bottom polygon)
  • DEM - The path to the input DEM

Site or project parameters

  • project_name A readable name of the site
  • site_name The shorthand name of the site
  • huc8 - the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code
  • setting - the dominant beaver dam building opportunity present ("classic", "steep", or "floodplain")

Metadata and parameters describing both DCEs that will be compared

  • DCE1_name - the name of the first DCE folder you want to use for the metric calculation (e.g. "DCE_01")
  • DCE2_name - the name of the second DCE folder you want to use for the metric calculation (e.g. "DCE_02")
DCE 1 parameters
  • DCE1_date - the date that the imagery was acquired
  • DCE1_flow_stage - the flow stage at the time of the imagery (e.g. low, moderate, high)
  • DCE1_active - was there evidence of recent beaver activity at the site during the time of the imagery acquisition?
  • DCE1_maintained - was there evidence of recent beaver dam maintenence at the site during the time of the imagery acquisition?
  • DCE1_res - the resolution of the input imagery in meters
DCE 2 parameters
  • DCE2_date - the date that the imagery was acquired
  • DCE2_flow_stage - the flow stage at the time of the imagery (e.g. low, moderate, high)
  • DCE2_active - was there evidence of recent beaver activity at the site during the time of the imagery acquisition?
  • DCE2_maintained - was there evidence of recent beaver dam maintenence at the site during the time of the imagery acquisition?
  • DCE2_res - the resolution of the input imagery in meters

Output Metrics

The following table includes all metric outputs

Output Metrics