Ecosystem and Canopy Structural Complexity Metrics from LiDAR

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Documentation for package ‘forestr’ version 2.0.2

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adjust_by_user Adjust by user height
calc_enl Calculate rugosity and other higher level complexity metrics
calc_gap_fraction Calculate gap fraction
calc_intensity Intensity Statistics
calc_rugosity Calculate rugosity and other higher level complexity metrics
calc_rumple Calculates rumple
calc_tls_csc Calculates rumple
calc_tls_mean_leaf_ht Process single PCL transects.
calc_vai Calculate vegetation area index (VAI) from normalized PCL data matrix
code_hits Code hits
csc_metrics Cover and sky fraction estimates
get_transect_length Get transect length of PCL transect (in meters)
make_matrix Make PCL matrix for higher level complexity measures
make_matrix_part_one Make PCL matrix part one
make_matrix_part_two Make PCL matrix part two
make_summary_matrix Creates summary matrix
normalize_pcl Normalize PCL data based on light saturation and attenuation
osbs PCL transect from Ordway-Swisher Biological Station, Florida, US.
pcl_adjusted a data frame LiDAR returns that have been split to x and z position and coded and adjusted for user height
pcl_coded a data frame LiDAR returns that have been split to x and z position and coded
pcl_data PCL transect from the University of Virginia
pcl_diagnostic_plot PCL diagnostic plot
pcl_matrix a LiDAR hit density by x, z position
pcl_norm a data frame of normalized LiDAR return density
pcl_split a data frame LiDAR returns that have been split to x and z position
pcl_summary summary matrix
pcl_vai a data frame of vegetation area index (VAI)
plot_hit_grid Plots LiDAR hit grids of VAI
plot_pavd Graphs Plant Area Volume Density Profiles
process_multi_pcl Process multiplie PCL transects.
process_pcl Process single PCL transects.
process_tls Process single PCL transects.
read_pcl 'read_pcl' imports PCL or portable canopy LiDAR files into the workspace and formats them.
read_pcl_multi 'read_pcl_multi' imports PCL or portable canopy LiDAR files into the workspace and formats them.
red_pine PCL transect from a red pine plantation in Northern Michigan, US.
split_transects_from_pcl Split transects from PCL
write_hit_matrix_to_csv Writes hit matrix to csv for further analysis
write_pcl_to_csv Writes csc metrics and output variables to .csv
write_summary_matrix_to_csv Writes csc metrics and output variables to .csv