erosionPrerequisites,RPhosFate-method {RPhosFate} | R Documentation |
Erosion prerequisites
Description
Calculates and writes capped slopes, L- and RUSLE S-factors (equations for
summer conditions and slopes \geq
15 ft) to disk.
Usage
## S4 method for signature 'RPhosFate'
erosionPrerequisites(x)
Arguments
x |
An S4 |
Value
An S4 RPhosFate
river catchment object and side effects in
the form of raster files.
References
Desmet, P.J.J., Govers, G., 1996. A GIS procedure for automatically calculating the USLE LS factor on topographically complex landscape units. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 51, 427–433.
Renard, K.G., Foster, G.R., Weesies, G.A., McCool, D.K., Yoder, D.C., 1997. Predicting soil erosion by water: a guide to conservation planning with the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE), Agriculture Handbook. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
See Also
Examples
# temporary demonstration project copy
cv_dir <- demoProject()
# load temporary demonstration project
x <- RPhosFate(
cv_dir = cv_dir,
ls_ini = TRUE
)
x <- erosionPrerequisites(x)
[Package RPhosFate version 2.0.1 Index]