climateIndexMain: Climate Index Main

In mitmon/SRS: Suitability Rating System Version 6

Climate Index Main

Description

The climate index main calls all required function and produces the rating for climate over the study site.

Usage

climateIndexMain(
  ratingTableArrayMC,
  ratingTableArrayTF,
  ratingTableArrayESM,
  ratingTableArrayEFM,
  ppe,
  temperatureFactor,
  ppeSpring,
  ppeFall,
  type
)

Arguments

ratingTableArrayMC	Rating table lower and upper bounds for deduction for the moisture component.
ratingTableArrayTF	Rating table lower and upper bounds for deduction for temperature factors.
ratingTableArrayESM	Rating table lower and upper bounds for deduction for early spring moisture.
ratingTableArrayEFM	Rating table lower and upper bounds for deduction for excess fall moisture.
ppe	Precipitation minus potential evapotranspiration
temperatureFactor	Input effective growing degree days or crop heat units for the study site.
ppeSpring	Precipitation minus potential evapotranspiration for spring/April
ppeFall	Precipitation minus potential evapotranspiration for fall/October
type	If the crop uses effective growing degree days (EGDD) use EGDD else if the crop uses crop heat units (CHU) use CHU.

Value

Deduction points for the basic climate rating.

mitmon/SRS documentation built on Jan. 12, 2023, 12:15 a.m.