vcc.bl: Beer's Law-modified Intensity-return Ratio of Vertical Canopy...

In adam-erickson/gapfraction: Functions for processing airborne LiDAR scans of forests

Beer's Law-modified Intensity-return Ratio of Vertical Canopy Cover

Description

This function calculates canopy cover per the Beer's Law-modified Intensity-return Ratio, also known as the Intensity Cover Index

Usage

vcc.bl(las = NA, thresh.val = 1.25, silent = FALSE)

Arguments

las	Path or name of LAS file. Defaults to NA.
thresh.val	Specifies the value to use for canopy height thresholding. Defaults to 1.25.
silent	Boolean switch for the interactive display of plots. Defaults to FALSE.

Value

The results of vcc.bl

Author(s)

Adam Erickson, [e-mail]

References

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425708003106

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-017-8663-8_20

Examples

vcc.bl(las='C:/plot.las', thresh.val=1.25, silent=FALSE)

adam-erickson/gapfraction documentation built on May 12, 2024, 6:15 p.m.