DivingBoard: Point where dispersal route hits coast

In laurasoul/dispeRse: Models For Paleobiogeography

Description

Finds point at which an organism collides with the coast when dispersing

Usage

DivingBoard(
  start_longitude,
  start_latitude,
  end_longitude,
  end_latitude,
  continent_longitude,
  continent_latitude,
  continent_radius,
  EarthRad = 6367.4447
)

Arguments

start_longitude	Decimalised longitude of organism's starting point.
start_latitude	Decimalised latitude of organism's starting point.
end_longitude	Decimalised longitude of organism's finishing point.
end_latitude	Decimalised latitude of organism's finishing point.
continent_longitude	Theta in radians.
continent_latitude	Theta in radians.
continent_radius	Continent radius in kilometres
EarthRad	Radius of the Earth in kilometres.

Details

Nothing yet. Circular continent.

Value

Decimalised longitude and latitude of collision point and remaining unspent dispersal distance in kilometres.

Author(s)

Graeme T. Lloyd [e-mail]

Examples

#DivingBoard()

laurasoul/dispeRse documentation built on May 25, 2021, 4:50 a.m.