DWBGenerator_BEC: Collect decay, waste and breakage factor in BEC routine

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s)

Description

This function is to collect the dead, waste and breakage factor from lookup table and join them into tree data. Instead of reading the lookup table from disk, the function uses hard-coded the lookup table. This function is equivalent to dwb_v3.sas macro. For FIZ routine, the decay, waste and breakage are collected using funtion DWBGenerator_FIZ

Usage

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DWBGenerator_BEC(DBH, height, species, meanAge, BEC, riskGroup, adjustID)


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DWBGenerator_BEC(DBH,
  height, species, meanAge, BEC, riskGroup, adjustID)

Arguments

DBH

numeric, Tree DBH.

height

numeric, Tree height.

species

character, Tree basic species code, which is SP0 in VRI original data.

meanAge

numeric, Mean site age.

BEC

character, BC BEC zone.

riskGroup

character, Specifies the risk group. It must be one of 1, 2 or 3. It can be derived from riskGroupDeriver.

adjustID

character, Adjustment identifier. Blank is no adjustment; QCI is queen charlottes; WET is wetbelt and GLD_NW golden ?.

Value

A list of decay, waste and breakage percentage.

Author(s)

Yong Luo


bcgov/BCForestGroundSample documentation built on May 25, 2019, 3:21 p.m.