improve text about lambdas in the User Manual #168
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I've come across two unrelated issues with the lambdas that could use more documentation:
The "Lambdas" section in the User Manual doesn't explain what the "SizeFreq Method" column is used for.
When asked about it by @brianlangseth-NOAA, my response was "That is just a placeholder if you are using generalized size frequency data, where you can have multiple size frequency methods per fleet and thus need to indicate which one(s) gets the lambda." I'm assuming that any value could go here. @Rick-Methot-NOAA, I've never used lambdas in a model with generalized size frequency data, so if there's more nuance to this, please add it here.
I tried applying a lambda to the recruitment deviations where I put "99" in the fleet column since recruitment is independent of fleet, but the lambda didn't get applied. Changing to fleet 1 had it working. This should probably be documented and perhaps an additional warning added if the fleet input is outside the range of fleets in the model (if that's indeed the requirement).
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