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Area Roughness Parameters

Sq (Root mean square height)

This parameter represents the root mean square value of ordinate values within the definition area. It is equivalent to the standard deviation of heights.

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Height Sa (arithmetical mean height)
Sz (Maximum height)
Sq (Root mean square height)
Ssk (Skewness)
Sku (Kurtosis)
Sp (Maximum peak height)
Sv (Maximum pit height)
Spatial Sal (Auto-correlation length) / Str (Texture aspect ratio)
Std* (Texture direction)
Hybrid Sdq (Root mean square gradient)
Sdr (Developed interfacial area ratio)
Functional Smr(c) (Areal material ratio)
Smc(mr) (Inverse areal material ratio)
Sk (Core roughness depth)
Spk (Reduced peak height)
Svk (reduced dale height)
Smr (Peak material portion)
Smr2 (Valley material portion (percentage of the measurement area that comprises the deeper valley structures associated with Svk))
Sxp (Peak extreme height)
Functional volume Vvv (Dale void volume)
Vvc (Core void volume)
Vmp (Peak material volume)
Vmc (Core material volume)
Feature Spd (Density of peaks)
Spc (Arithmetic mean peak curvature)
S10z / S5p / S5v / Sda(c) / Sha(c) / Sdv(c) / Shv(c)

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