# Code to produce enblended DEM (i.e., using multiresolution splines as

# described by Burt & Adelson 1983) in the 60N boundary region. After

# appropriately preparing the SRTM and ASTER layers, this code makes a

# system call to run 'enblend' (v. 4.0) on the inputs, then

# post-processes the resulting image to yield a single band geotiff with

# datatype of 16bit signed integer, matching the input data.

#

# Somewhat arbitrarily, in the code below the input DEMs are prepped

# such that the area of SRTM/ASTER overlap is the first 75 rows below

# 60N (i.e., a zone extending ~6.75km south of the boundary).

#

# Jim Regetz

# NCEAS

# Created on 29-Jun-2011

library(raster)

demdir <- "/home/regetz/media/temp/terrain/dem"

# read in aster data

aster <- raster(file.path(demdir, "aster_300straddle.tif"))

# create alpha layer for aster

alpha <- aster

alpha[] <- 0

alpha[1:225, ] <- 1

# write enblend-ready tif out to disk

writeRaster(brick(aster, alpha), file="aster-enblend.tif",

    options="ALPHA=YES")

# read in srtm

srtm.lower <- raster("../srtm_150below.tif")

# expand to match full image (i.e., same extent as aster), holding srtm

# data below 60N and nothing above

srtm <- aster

srtm[] <- NA

srtm[151:300, ] <- values(srtm.lower)

# create alpha layer for srtm

alpha <- srtm

alpha[] <- 0

alpha[151:300, ] <- 1

writeRaster(brick(srtm, alpha), file="srtm-enblend.tif",

    options="ALPHA=YES")

# run 'enblend'

system(paste("enblend --verbose=6 -o enblend.tif",

    "aster-enblend.tif srtm-enblend.tif"))

# post-process enblended DEM

e <- raster("enblend.tif")

e2 <- aster

# round to nearest integer, and write out the result as a geotiff

e2[] <- as.integer(round(values(e), 0))

writeRaster(e2, file=file.path(demdir, "fused_300straddle_enblend.tif"),

    options="COMPRESS=NONE", datatype="INT2S")