lakeShorelineDevelopment: Function to calculate shoreline development
Description
Shoreline development is a measure of the complexity of the lake shoreline.
It is simply the ratio of the shoreline length (i.e. perimeter) to the
perimeter of an equally sized circle.
Returns a numeric value for the shoreline development 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.
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