getIntermediateVolumeFunction: Function to estimate the volume of an intermediate segment

In mbask/RBSperformance: An R package to aid in RBS estimations

Description

The intermediate segment is usually the a segment of the stem or of a large branch, its volume may be estimated using a selection of methods. This function computes what can be considered as the actual or true volume of an intermediate segment of a tree. The actual volume would then be used to assess the precision of RBS estimators

Usage

  getIntermediateVolumeFunction(estimationMethod = "Smalian")

Arguments

estimationMethod

a string linked to the volume estimation method (unimplemented, currently default to "Smalian")

Value

a function to be used to compute the volume of the intermediate segment

Note

This is a container function for a closure, whose parameters are 'areaMax', the larger cross-section area of the segment, 'areaMin', the smaller cross-section area of the segment, and 'length' the segment length.

Care must be taken to provide a common base unit of measure to 'areaMax', 'areaMin', and 'length' (eg. m2, m2 and m, but not cm2, cm2 and m)

Examples

getIntermediateSegmentV <- getIntermediateVolumeFunction()
getIntermediateSegmentV(areaMax = pi*5^2, areaMin = pi*3^2, length = 5*100)

mbask/RBSperformance documentation built on May 21, 2019, 2:25 p.m.