get_funnel_area: Surface area of the funnel, given its internal diameter

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Examples

Description

The larger the funnel diameter, the more rain enters the pluviometer and the more precise the readings are

Usage

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get_funnel_area(funnel_diameter)

Arguments

funnel_diameter

internal diameter of the funnel (required)

Details

It will silently return *NA_real_* for non-numeric and <= 0 funnel diameters

Value

surface area (numeric). The unit of measure is *funnel_diameter* squared

Examples

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# Surface area of a 20 cm diameter funnel (314.1593 cm2)
get_funnel_area(20)

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