getTscale: calculate Tscale

In Timothy-W-Hilton/VPRMLandSfcModel: R implementation of VPRM with parameter estimation

calculate Tscale

Description

calculates Tscale according to eqn 6 in Mahadevan et al, 2007

Usage

getTscale(T, Tmax, Tmin, Topt)

Arguments

T	T: 1xN array of observed temperatures (C)
Tmax	maximum temp at which photosynthesis occurs (C)
Tmin	minimum temp at which photosynthesis occurs (C)
Topt	optimal temperature for photosynthesis (C)

Value

Tscale term in VPRM equation (eqn 6 in Mahadevan et al, 2007)

Author(s)

Timothy W. Hilton

References

Mahadevan, P., Wofsy, S., Matross, D., Xiao, X., Dunn, A., Lin, J., Gerbig, C., Munger, J., Chow, V., and Gottlieb, E.: A satellite-based biosphere parameterization for net ecosystem CO2 exchange: Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model (VPRM), Global Biogeochem. Cy., 22, GB2005, doi:10.1029/2006GB002735, 2008.

Examples

data(Park_Falls)
Tscale <- getTscale( PFa_tower_obs[['TA']], Tmax=40, Tmin=0, Topt=20 )

Timothy-W-Hilton/VPRMLandSfcModel documentation built on July 29, 2023, 8:43 p.m.