lakeSurfaceArea {lakemorpho}

Return lake surface area

Description

This function simply retruns the area of the lake SpatialPolygons that is part of the lakeMorphoClass class.

Usage

lakeSurfaceArea(inLakeMorpho)

Arguments

inLakeMorpho

an object of lakeMorphoClass. Output of the lakeSurroundTopo function would be appropriate as input

Value

Returns a numeric value for the total surface area of the lake

References

Florida LAKEWATCH (2001). A Beginner's guide to water management - Lake Morphometry (2nd ed.). Gainesville: Florida LAKEWATCH, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Link

Examples

data(lakes)
lakeSurfaceArea(inputLM)