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Compound Topographic Index



Asia CTI Map





The Compound Topographic Index (CTI), commonly referred to as the Wetness Index, is a function of the upstream contributing area and the slope of the landscape. The CTI is calculated using the flow accumulation (FA) layer along with the slope as:

CTI = ln ( FA / tan (slope) )

In areas of no slope, a CTI value is obtained by substituting a slope of 0.001. This value is smaller than the smallest slope obtainable from a 1000 m data set with a 1 m vertical resolution.







Download HYDRO1k CTI data set for Asia as a tar file (53.4 MB)
Download entire HYDRO1k data set for Asia as a tar file (277.2 MB)

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