svi: Valley Fluid Retention Index

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sviR Documentation

Valley Fluid Retention Index

Description

Determines the valley fluid retention index (Svi). This value is the void volume (area under the bearing area curve) in the 'valley' zone. See Figure 2a from Kedron et al. (2018) for more details.

Usage

svi(x)

Arguments

x

A raster or matrix.

Value

A numeric value representing the valley fluid retention index.

Examples

# import raster image
data(normforest)
normforest <- terra::unwrap(normforest)

# determine the valley fluid retention index
Svi <- svi(normforest)

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