calc_rugosity {forestr}

Calculate rugosity and other higher level complexity metrics

Description

calc_rugosity calculates canopy structural complexity metrics from PCL data and prints them to the screen.

Usage

calc_rugosity(df, m, filename)

Arguments

df

is a LiDAR summary matrix data frame

m

matrix of light adjusted vai values.

filename

the name of the file currently being processed.

Details

This is a specific function calculates canopy rugosity and other metrics, including rumple, height metrics, etc.

Value

a series of metrics that describe canopy and ecosystem height, density, openness, cover, etc.

Examples

# Calculates metrics of canopy structural complexity.
calc_rugosity(pcl_summary, pcl_vai, filename = "")