exampleLake


This example data is a SpatialPolygonsDataframe 
of lakes named exampleLakes.  These lakes are originally from the 
<a href="http://www.horizon-systems.com/nhdplus/NHDPlusV2_home.php">NHDPlus V2</a>
dataset.


datasets

Lake morphometry metrics are used by limnologists to understand,
among other things, the ecological processes in a lake. Traditionally, these
metrics are calculated by hand, with planimeters, and increasingly with
commercial GIS products. All of these methods work; however, they are either
outdated, difficult to reproduce, or require expensive licenses to use. The
\code{lakemorpho} package provides the tools to calculate a typical suite
of these metrics from an input elevation model and lake polygon. The metrics
currently supported are: fetch, maximum length, maximum width, mean width,
maximum depth, mean depth, shoreline development, shoreline length, surface
area, and volume.

Jeffrey W Hollister

lakemorpho

Lake Morphometry Metrics in R

exampleLake function

SpatialPolygonDataframe with 115 lakes, each with 13 variables

exampleLake: Lake Data for `lakemorpho` examples

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