geoarea.old: Old method for calculating geographical area

Description Usage Arguments Value Note See Also

Description

Calculates the area inside a geographical region by splitting it into a grid, determining which gridpoints are inside the region and then finds the area.

Usage

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geoarea.old(reg, n, robust = T)

Arguments

reg

Region of interest, list with components lat and lon.

n

Numeber of gridpoints to use for calculating the area.

robust

Robust or not, defaults to TRUE.

Value

Geographical area in square nautical miles.

Note

Difference between old and new geoarea-method might be explained better, if indeed it is necessary to keep the old method.

See Also

geoarea.


geo documentation built on May 29, 2017, 5:36 p.m.