calculate_od: Calculate optical depth

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calculate_odR Documentation

Calculate optical depth

Description

calculate_od converts light measurements (photon flux density, etc.) to optical depth (Kirk 2011) for each observation, relative to the highest observed light level.

Usage

calculate_od(x)

Arguments

x

A vector of light measurements to be converted to optical depth.

Value

Optical depth

Author(s)

Sean Rohan sean.rohan@noaa.gov

References

Kirk, J.T.O. 2011. Light and photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems. In 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press, New York.


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