Migration Flux factor

Returns the migratory flux factor, expressing the total number of bird flights through the rotors of the wind farm per month, if all flights occur within the rotor's circle area of all turbines, and assuming birds take no avoiding action.

Usage

get_mig_flux_factor(n_turbines, rotor_radius, wf_width, popn_est)

Arguments

n_turbines

An integer. The number of turbines on the wind farm (\(T\)).

rotor_radius

An integer. The radius of the rotor (\(R\)), in metres

wf_width

An integer. The width (in km) of the

popn_est

An integer. The population estimate from the spatial line sampling technique

Value

The number of bird flights potentially transiting through rotors at each time period (assuming no avoidance), if all flights occur within the rotor's circular area

Details

The flux factor is used for other model calculations. Methodology and assumptions underpinning get_mig_flux_factor are described in "Stage B" of Band (2012)

Examples

get_mig_flux_factor(
     n_turbines = 100,
     rotor_radius = 120,
     wf_width = 51,
     popn_est = 10000
)
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