Calculate the volume of the floodplain between a DEM and a water surface.

floodplain_volume(dem, watersurface)

Arguments

dem

terra SpatRast object; A DEM. Elevation units = feet.

watersurface

terra SpatRaster object; The water surface. Created using the detrend$trend surface and adding water depth in "bathtub" inundation modeling.

Value

A numeric value representing the volume between the teo surfaces in cubic meters.