convert_radiation: Conversions between Global Radiation and Photosynthetic...

Description Usage Arguments Details

Description

Converts radiation from W m-2 to µmol m-2 s-1 and vice versa.

Usage

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convert_radiation(x, frac_ppfd = 0.5, calc_frac = FALSE,
  method = c("to_rg", "to_ppfd"))

Arguments

frac_ppfd

Fraction of incoming solar irradiance that is photosynthetically active radiation (ppfd); defaults to 0.5.

Rg

Global radiation = incoming short-wave radiation at the surface (in units W m-2).

PPFD

Photosynthetic photon flux density (µmol m-2 s-1).

J_to_mol

Conversion factor from J m-2 s-1 (= W m-2) to µmol m-2 s-1.

Details

The conversion is given by:

ppfd = rg * frac_ppfd * J_to_mol

by default, combined conversion factor (frac_ppfd * J_to_mol) is 2.3


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