readZabel2014: readZabel2014

In pik-piam/mrland: MadRaT land data package

readZabel2014

Description

Reads crop suitability data published in Zabel, F., Putzenlechner, B., & Mauser, W. (2014). Global Agricultural Land Resources – A High Resolution Suitability Evaluation and Its Perspectives until 2100 under Climate Change Conditions. PLOS ONE, 9(9), e107522. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107522 and extracts the share of suitable cropland per grid cell, depending on different suitability thresholds.

Usage

readZabel2014(subtype = "all_marginal:rainfed_and_irrigated")

Arguments

subtype

Defines which share of marginal land should be included (see options below) and whether suitable land under irrigated conditions ("irrigated"), under rainfed conditions ("rainfed") or suitability under rainfed conditions including currently irrigated land (rainfed_and_irrigated) should be used. Options combined via ":" The different marginal land options are: "all_marginal": All marginal land (suitability index between 0-0.33) is included as suitable "q33_marginal": The bottom tertile (suitability index below 0.13) of the marginal land () area is excluded. "q50_marginal": The bottom half (suitability index below 0.18) of the marginal land area is excluded. "q66_marginal": The first and second tertile (suitability index below 0.23) of the marginal land area are excluded. "q75_marginal": The first, second and third quartiles (suitability index below 0.25) of the marginal land are are excluded "no_marginal": Areas with a suitability index of 0.33 and lower are excluded.

Value

Returns magpie objects with the share of suitable cropland per grid cell

Author(s)

Patrick v. Jeetze, Felicitas Beier

Examples

## Not run: 
readSource("Zabel2014", subtype = "all_marginal:rainfed_and_irrigated", convert = "onlycorrect")

## End(Not run)

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