hunterCovariates_sub: Suite of selected environmental covariates for a subset the...

Description Usage Format Details Note References Examples

Description

A RasterStack of selected environmental covariates from a subset area of the Lower Hunter Valley, NSW.

Usage

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Format

hunterCovariates_sub is a RasterStack of selected environmental covariate rasters. The rasters have a pixel resolution of 25m x 25m. The CRS of each raster is WGS 84 UTM Zone 56. The RasterStack contains the following rasters:

Details

The area in question is the Hunter Wine Country Private Irrigation District (HWCPID), situated in the Lower Hunter Valley, NSW (32.83S 151.35E), and covers an area of approximately 220 km2. The HWCPID is approximately 140 km north of Sydney, NSW, Australia. Climatically, the HWCPID is situated in a temperate climatic zone, and experiences warm humid summers, and relatively cooler yet also humid winters. Rainfall is mostly uniformly distributed throughout the year. On average the HWCPID receives just over 750 mm of rainfall annually. In terms of land use, an expansive viticultural industry is situated in the area and is possibly most widespread of rural industries, followed by dry land agricultural grazing systems.

Note

This RasterStack is used in the Use R for Digital Soil Mapping manual in the section about quantification of uncertainties.

References

Examples

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library(ithir)
library(raster)

data(hunterCovariates_sub)

#plot 1 of the rasters in the \code{RasterStack}
plot(hunterCovariates_sub[["Elevation"]])

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