biotype {bioclim}

Bioclimatic classification

Description

Calculates bioclimatic classification based on bioclimatic balance.

Usage

biotype(t = NULL, p = NULL, lat = NULL, wb = NULL, bb = NULL, CC = NULL, mode)

Arguments

t

Numeric. Monthly temperature required for water balance calculation.

p

Numeric. Monthly precipitation required for water balance calculation.

lat

Numeric. Latitude required for water balance calculation.

wb

Water balance in data.frame format from watbal() function. If provided, 't' and 'p' are not used.

bb

Bioclimatic balancein data.frame format from biobal() function. If provided, 't', 'p' and 'wb' are not used.

CC

Field capacity. It depends on water retention capacity and depth of roots. 400 as default value.

mode

Type of output: "TBR", "sub", or "zonal". See details.

Details

Argument "mode" defines the type of return ("TBR": Types of Bioclimatic Regime; "zonal": zonal units; "sub": bioclimatic regime subtypes)

Value

character defining the type of climate.

Examples

# calculation of water balance
wb <- watbal(t = rnorm(12, 18, 6), p = rnorm(12, 50, 30), lat = 35, CC = 400)
# calculation of bioclimatic balance
bb <- biobal(wb, 400)

# bioclimatic classification at TBR levels
biotype(bb = bb, mode = 'TBR')

# bioclimatic classification at zonal levels
biotype(bb = bb, mode = 'zonal')

# bioclimatic classification at subtypes levels (requires water balance)
wb <- watbal(t = rnorm(12, 18, 6), p = rnorm(12, 50, 30), lat = 35, CC = 400)
biotype(wb = wb, CC = 400, mode = 'sub')