LAI_deciduous {TreeDep}

LAI_deciduous - Generates hourly data of leaf and bark area index for deciduous trees in a specific year

Description

LAI_deciduous - Generates hourly data of leaf and bark area index for deciduous trees in a specific year

Usage

LAI_deciduous(Year, BAI_value, LAI_value, day_decay_ini, month_decay_ini,
  days_duration_decay, day_emergence_ini, month_emergence_ini,
  days_duration_emergence)

Arguments

Year

Year to generate leaf and bark area index (e.g. 2015)

BAI_value

Bark area index value (e.g. 0.1)

LAI_value

Maximum value of leaf area index value (e.g. 1.5)

day_decay_ini

Day of the month leaves start to decay (between 1 and 31; e.g., 15)

month_decay_ini

Month of the year leaves start to decay (between 1 and 12; e.g., 10)

days_duration_decay

The duration of leaf decay in number of days (e.g., 50)

day_emergence_ini

Day of the month leaves start to emerge (between 1 and 31; e.g., 1)

month_emergence_ini

Month of the year leaves start to emerge (between 1 and 12; e.g., 4)

days_duration_emergence

The duration of leaf emergence in number of days (e.g., 20)

Value

A dataframe with LAI and BAI hourly values is generated

Examples

LAI_deciduous(Year = 2016,
BAI_value = 0.1,
LAI_value = 1.5,
day_decay_ini = 15,
month_decay_ini = 10,
days_duration_decay = 100,
day_emergence_ini = 1,
month_emergence_ini = 4,
days_duration_emergence = 20)