lakemorpho

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Lake Morphometry Metrics

Jemma Stachelek, Jeffrey W. Hollister

Last update: 22 September 2023

Copyright license: CC0

Software version identifier: 1.2.0, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.3.0, 1.3.2

Source code repository: https://github.com/cran/lakemorpho

Description

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 All of these methods work; however, they are either outdated, difficult to reproduce, or require expensive licenses to use.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 '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, major axis, minor axis, major/minor axis ratio, maximum length, maximum width, mean width, maximum depth, mean depth, shoreline development, shoreline length, surface area, and volume.