sedimentInputs: Annual mineral inputs into marsh surface

In tilbud/rCTM: R-Cohort Marsh Equilibrium Model

Annual mineral inputs into marsh surface

Description

This function calculates the annual sediment input into the marsh surface via the following formula: Number of tides per year, times the unit area of interest, times the mean tidal volume above the marsh surface in cm$^3$, times the suspended sediment concentration in mg per liter, times 1e-6 conversion factor to convert from liter to cm$^3, resulting in the mineral mass added per year. The number of times (nTidesPerYear), unit area length (soilLength), and unit area width (soilWidth) are included in the constants list (see specific names).

Usage

sedimentInputs(
  suspendedSediment,
  meanTidalHeight,
  nTidesPerYear = 704,
  soilLength = 1,
  soilWidth = 1,
  ...
)

Arguments

suspendedSediment	a numeric representing suspended sediment concentration in (mg per liter)
meanTidalHeight	annual mean tide above marsh elevation
nTidesPerYear	number of tides per year
soilLength	unit length of interest
soilWidth	unit width of interest
...

Value

a numeric that is the mass of mineral added in one year to the top of the marsh

tilbud/rCTM documentation built on March 30, 2024, 10:06 a.m.