- Comparative evaluation of land slope calculation algorithms using digital elevation model

Digital Elevation Model (DEM) has been used in various earth science processes as one of the main sources of studies. The average slope factor of an area is one of the basic and important physical characteristics, and the calculation and determination of this factor are necessary in all plans related to earth sciences. In many experimental relationships, determining the concentration time and the average slope of the study area is the main factor and plays a decisive role in the estimations. Therefore, failure to accurately estimate and determine the average slope value will lead to incorrect estimates of the major and fundamental factors of an area. Therefore, in this research, in order to evaluate slope algorithms using a digital height model, two areas were first considered based on special conditions and characteristics. Then 30 and 90 meters of SRTM were prepared for each of these areas (DEM). By using coding in a Python environment, the slope algorithms such as neighborhood, quadratic, maximum slope, and maximum slope were calculated and the time library and psutil library were used to calculate the time of the algorithm and the memory consumption of the system. using a number of default points; Slope algorithms were spatially compared. The obtained results showed that the downhill slope algorithm obtained higher maximum values ​​and the maximum slope algorithm obtained lower values ​​compared to other algorithms.