Calculate thermal time using cardinal temperatures

Usage

thermal_time(
  mint,
  maxt,
  x_temp = sorghum$get("phenology.thermal_time.x"),
  y_temp = sorghum$get("phenology.thermal_time.y"),
  method = sorghum$get("phenology.thermal_time.method")
)

Arguments

mint: The minimum temperature
maxt: The maximum temperature
x_temp: The cardinal temperatures using to calculate thermal time. The default values are c(0, 26, 37) defined in sorghum$get("phenology.thermal_time.x").
y_temp: The effective thermal time at the corresponding cardinal temperatures. The default values are c(0, 26, 0) defined in sorghum$get("phenology.thermal_time.y").
method: The method to calculate thermal time. The default method is "3hr", which uses the three hour temperature method. The other option is "default", which uses the default method ( maxt + mint ) / 2 - base.

Value

The thermal time.

Details

The daily thermal time is calculated by interpolating the effective thermal time at three hour intervals between the daily minimum and maximum temperatures, and then averaging these values to get the daily thermal time. For more information about the sorghum phenology model, see the APSIM Next Generation Sorghum Documentation.

Examples

mint <- c(0, 10)
maxt <- c(30, 40)
thermal_time(mint, maxt)
#> [1] 6.779687 7.666797