spreval (version 1.1.0)

adper: Compute percentiles of area receiving less than and greater than target depth

Description

This returns measures of the percentage (fraction) of areas receiving less or more application than the target depth, assuming catch cans represent approximately equal areas. It also a measure of adequacy and efficiency determined from areas of a density curve receiving amounts equal to or more of the target (adequacy) and less than or equal to target (efficiency).

Usage

adper(x,target,plot=TRUE)

Arguments

x

array of catch can depths.

target

target depth meant to be applied.

plot

logical; plot density and ecdf plots of depths and target line.

Value

named list, including;

adequacy.density

percentile receiving >= target amount determined from density curve

eff.density

percentile receiving <=target amount as determined from density curve

adequacy.ecdf

same as adequacy.density but as determined from ecdf function

eff.ecdf

same as eff.density but as determined from ecdf function

Details

results are given as determined by both a density function and empirical cumulative distribution function (ecdf). If target is equal to soil moisture depletion, then 1- efficiency is the percentile of area that loses water to deep percolation (not held in root zone). Adequacy and efficiency (eff) percentiles should add to approximately 1.0. Note that definitions of adequacy and efficiency here based only on percentiles is not a standard definition as deviation from target depth is not considered. See eff for a more traditional approach.

See Also

eff, density,ecdf

Examples

# NOT RUN {
#data from same exercise as PELQ example
x<-c(.23,.31,.24,.24,.28,.31,.27,.22,.26,.31,
.31,.25,.20,.22,.32)# catch can depths in inches caught during 1.0 hr. test
x<-x*23.5 # extend to 23.5 hour irrigation
target<-4.4 # replace soil water deficit of 4.4 in.
adper(x,target)
#change target to average catch
target2<-mean(x)
adper(x,target2)

# }