## NAME

r.surf.fractal

## DESCRIPTION

r.surf.fractal creates a fractal surface of a given fractal dimension. Uses spectral synthesis method. Can create intermediate layers showing the build up of different spectral coefficients (see Saupe, pp.106-107 for an example of this).

Use this module to generate naturally looking synthetical elevation models (DEM).

## NOTE

This module requires the FFTW library for computing Discrete Fourier Transforms.

## REFERENCE

Saupe, D. (1988) Algorithms for random fractals, in Barnsley M., Devaney R., Mandelbrot B., Peitgen, H-O., Saupe D., and Voss R. (1988) The Science of Fractal Images, Ch. 2, pp.71-136. London: Springer-Verlag.

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHOR

Jo Wood, Midlands Regional Research Laboratory (ASSIST), University of Leicester

Last changed: $Date: 2008-12-06 23:39:43 +0100 (Sat, 06 Dec 2008) $

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