box.area

Calculate the area of a square on the earth.

Collection of conversion, analytical, geodesic, mapping, and
plotting functions. Used to support packages and code written by
researchers at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Eric Archer

swfscMisc

Miscellaneous Functions for Southwest Fisheries Science Center

box.area function

<dl><dt>lat, lon</dt>
<dd>The latitude and longitude of the lower right corner of the box in decimal degrees.</dd>
<dt>edge</dt>
<dd>The length of one side of the square in decimal degrees.</dd>
<dt>units</dt>
<dd>units of distance. Can be "km" (kilometers), "nm" (nautical miles), 
or "mi" (statute miles).</dd></dl>

Arguments

Eric Archer <a href="/link/eric.archer%40noaa.gov?package=swfscMisc&version=1.6.5" data-mini-rdoc="swfscMisc::eric.archer@noaa.gov">eric.archer@noaa.gov</a>

Author

Area of a Box — box.area

<dl>

<dt>lat, lon</dt>
<dd>The latitude and longitude of the lower right corner of the box in decimal degrees.</dd>


<dt>edge</dt>
<dd>The length of one side of the square in decimal degrees.</dd>


<dt>units</dt>
<dd>units of distance. Can be "km" (kilometers), "nm" (nautical miles), 
or "mi" (statute miles).</dd>

</dl>

Eric Archer <a href='mailto:eric.archer@noaa.gov'>eric.archer@noaa.gov</a>

box.area: Area of a Box

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