apply_suitability: Apply Suitability Factor

Description Usage Arguments Details Value

View source: R/set-floodplain-habitat.R

Description

The modeled flow to floodplain area relationships within the package are for total innundated area. This function applys a suitability factor to the total area in order to estimate total suitable floodplain area available at a given flow.

Usage

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apply_suitability(fp_hab_sq_meters, suitable_factor = 0.27)

Arguments

fp_hab_sq_meters

Total floodplain area in square meters

suitable_factor

Habitat suitability factor, default value of .27 from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services San Joaquin River Restoration Program 2012 report.

Details

Do not apply a suitability factory to the floodplain areas of the Sacramento Reaches, the Sutter and Yolo Bypasses, and the North and South Deltas.

Value

Total suitable floodplain area in square meters


FlowWest/cvpiaHabitat documentation built on Oct. 27, 2020, 2:09 p.m.