aqp (version 1.8-6)

ca630: Soil Data from the Central Sierra Nevada Region of California

Description

Site and laboratory data from soils sampled in the central Sierra Nevada Region of California.

Usage

data(ca630)

source

http://ssldata.nrcs.usda.gov/

Details

These data were extracted from the NSSL database. `ca630` is a list composed of site and lab data, each stored as dataframes. These data are modeled by a 1:many (site:lab) relation, with the `pedon_id` acting as the primary key in the `site` table and as the foreign key in the `lab` table.

Examples

library(plyr)
library(lattice)
library(Hmisc)
library(maps)
library(sp)

# check the data out:
data(ca630)
str(ca630)

# note that pedon_key is the link between the two tables

# make a copy of the horizon data
ca <- ca630$lab

# promote to a SoilProfileCollection class object
depths(ca) <- pedon_key ~ hzn_top + hzn_bot

# add site data, based on pedon_key
site(ca) <- ca630$site

# ID data missing coordinates: '|' is a logical OR
(missing.coords.idx <- which(is.na(ca$lat) | is.na(ca$lon)))

# remove missing coordinates by safely subsetting
if(length(missing.coords.idx) > 0)
	ca <- ca[-missing.coords.idx, ]

# register spatial data
coordinates(ca) <- ~ lon + lat

# assign a coordinate reference system
proj4string(ca) <- '+proj=longlat +datum=NAD83'

# check the result
print(ca)

# map the data (several ways to do this, here is a simple way)
map(database='county', region='california')
points(coordinates(ca), col='red', cex=0.5)

# aggregate \%BS 7 for all profiles into 1 cm slices
a <- slab(ca, fm= ~ bs_7)

# plot median & IQR by 1 cm slice
xyplot(
top ~ p.q50, data=a, lower=a$p.q25, upper=a$p.q75, 
ylim=c(160,-5), alpha=0.5, scales=list(alternating=1, y=list(tick.num=7)),
panel=panel.depth_function, prepanel=prepanel.depth_function,
ylab='Depth (cm)', xlab='Base Saturation at pH 7', 
par.settings=list(superpose.line=list(col='black', lwd=2))
)

# aggregate \%BS at pH 8.2 for all profiles by MLRA, along 1 cm slices
# note that mlra is stored in @site
a <- slab(ca, mlra ~ bs_8.2)

# keep only MLRA 18 and 22
a <- subset(a, subset=mlra %in% c('18', '22'))

# plot median & IQR by 1 cm slice, using different colors for each MLRA
xyplot(
top ~ p.q50, groups=mlra , data=a, lower=a$p.q25, upper=a$p.q75, 
ylim=c(160,-5), alpha=0.5, scales=list(y=list(tick.num=7, alternating=3), x=list(alternating=1)),
panel=panel.depth_function, prepanel=prepanel.depth_function,
ylab='Depth (cm)', xlab='Base Saturation at pH 8.2', 
par.settings=list(superpose.line=list(col=c('black','blue'), lty=c(1,2), lwd=2)),
auto.key=list(columns=2, title='MLRA', points=FALSE, lines=TRUE)
)


# safely compute hz-thickness weighted mean CEC (pH 7)
# using data.frame objects
head(lab.agg.cec_7 <- ddply(ca630$lab, .(pedon_key), 
.fun=summarise, CEC_7=wtd.mean(bs_7, weights=hzn_bot-hzn_top)))

# extract a SPDF with horizon data along a slice at 25 cm
s.25 <- slice(ca, fm=25 ~ bs_7 + CEC7 + ex_acid)
spplot(s.25, zcol=c('bs_7','CEC7','ex_acid'))

# note that the ordering is preserved:
all.equal(s.25$pedon_key, profile_id(ca))

# extract a data.frame with horizon data at 10, 20, and 50 cm
s.multiple <- slice(ca, fm=c(10,20,50) ~ bs_7 + CEC7 + ex_acid)

# Extract the 2nd horizon from all profiles as SPDF
ca.2 <- ca[, 2]

# subset profiles 1 through 10
ca.1.to.10 <- ca[1:10, ]

# basic plot method: profile plot
plot(ca.1.to.10, name='hzn_desgn')