Compute Grids with Descriptive Statistics of GEDI derived Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics (Level2B)
This function computes a series of user defined descriptive statistics within each grid cell for GEDI derived Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics (Level2B)
gridStatsLevel2BVPM(level2BVPM, func, res)
level2BVPM |
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 |
Returns a raster layer(s) of selected GEDI Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metric(s)
https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/gedi02_bv001/
# specify the path to GEDI level2B data (zip file) outdir = tempdir() level2B_fp_zip <- system.file("extdata", "GEDI02_B_2019108080338_O01964_T05337_02_001_01_sub.zip", package="rGEDI") # Unzipping GEDI level2A data level2Bpath <- unzip(level2B_fp_zip,exdir = outdir) # Reading GEDI level2B data (h5 file) level2b<-readLevel2B(level2Bpath=level2Bpath) # Get GEDI derived Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics level2BVPM<-getLevel2BVPM(level2b) head(level2BVPM) #' 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 statistics of GEDI derived canopy cover cover_stats<-gridStatsLevel2BVPM(level2BVPM = level2BVPM, func=mySetOfMetrics(cover), res=0.005) plot(cover_stats) #' Computing the max of the Total Plant Area Index only pai_max<-gridStatsLevel2BVPM(level2BVPM = level2BVPM, func=max(pai), res=0.005) plot(pai_max) #' Computing the Foliage Height Diversity Index only fhd_mean<-gridStatsLevel2BVPM(level2BVPM = level2BVPM, func=mean(fhd_normal), res=0.005) plot(fhd_mean) close(level2b)
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