Compute Grids with Descriptive Statistics of GEDI derived Elevation and Height Metrics (Level2A)
This function computes a series of user defined descriptive statistics within each grid cell for GEDI derived Elevation and Height Metrics (Level2A)
gridStatsLevel2AM(level2AM, func, res)
level2AM |
A GEDI Level2AM object (output of |
func |
The function(s) to be applied to each cell |
res |
Spatial resolution in decimal degrees for the output raster layer |
Return a raster layer(s) of selected GEDI Elevation and Height Metric(s)
https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/gedi02_av001/
# specify the path to GEDI level2A data (zip file) outdir = tempdir() level2A_fp_zip <- system.file("extdata", "GEDI02_A_2019108080338_O01964_T05337_02_001_01_sub.zip", package="rGEDI") # Unzipping GEDI level2A data level2Apath <- unzip(level2A_fp_zip,exdir = outdir) # Reading GEDI level2A data (h5 file) level2a<-readLevel2A(level2Apath=level2Apath) # Get GEDI derived Elevation and Height Metrics level2AM<-getLevel2AM(level2a) head(level2AM) #' Define your own function mySetOfMetrics = function(x) { metrics = list( min =min(x), # Min of z max = max(x), # Max of z mean = mean(x), # Mean of z sd = sd(x)# Sd of z ) return(metrics) } #' Computing a serie of GEDI metrics ZTstats<-gridStatsLevel2AM(level2AM = level2AM, func=mySetOfMetrics(elev_highestreturn), res=0.005) plot(ZTstats) #' Computing the maximum of RH100 only maxRH100<-gridStatsLevel2AM(level2AM = level2AM, func=max(rh100), res=0.005) plot(maxRH100) #' Computing the mean of ZG only ZGmean<-gridStatsLevel2AM(level2AM = level2AM, func=mean(elev_lowestmode), res=0.005) plot(ZGmean) close(level2a)
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