Sky View Factor (SVF)

Compute Sky View Factor from horizon data

Usage

compute_skyviewfactor(horizon = NULL)

Arguments

horizon

An array of horizon height in degrees from "compute_horizon"

Value

Estimated sky view factor, 1 defines an open sky view and 0 a totally obstructed sky view

References

https://github.com/OSGeo/grass-addons/blob/grass8/src/raster/r.skyview/r.skyview.py

Examples

# Synthetic example of horizon, see \code{"compute_horizon"}
horizon <- data.frame(azimuth = seq(0, 330, 30),
                     horizon_height = c(7.9, 17.5, 3.8, 7.8, 10.9, 20.1,
                                        23.8, 13.7, 7.0, 7.4, 21.2, 16.2))
compute_skyviewfactor(horizon)
#> [1] 0.7746201