Published August 5, 2025 | Version RToolsForSoilScienceModelingV1.0.0
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R Tools For Soil Science Modeling

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Bundesamt fĂĽr Wasserwirtschaft

Description

An R-based repository for modeling and analyzing soil processes, integrating physics, hydrology, biogeochemistry, and erosion dynamics.

đź‘· Installation

You can install the development version of this package from GitHub using devtools:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("your-github-username/RToolsForSoilScienceModeling_DEV")

âš“ Usage Examples

Here are some examples of how to use the functions in this package. For more detailed examples, please see the scripts in the /examples directory.

soil_moisture_balance

# --- 1. Define inputs ---
precipitation <- rpois(30, lambda = 3)
evapotranspiration <- runif(30, min = 1, max = 5)
soil_water_holding_capacity <- 150
initial_soil_moisture <- 75

# --- 2. Run the model ---
water_balance_results <- soil_moisture_balance(
  precipitation = precipitation,
  evapotranspiration = evapotranspiration,
  soil_water_holding_capacity = soil_water_holding_capacity,
  initial_soil_moisture = initial_soil_moisture
)

# --- 3. View and plot results ---
plot(water_balance_results$date, water_balance_results$soil_moisture, type = 'l')

soil_erosion_usle (with rasters)

library(terra)
template <- rast(nrows=20, ncols=20, xmin=0, xmax=20, ymin=0, ymax=20)
R_raster <- setValues(template, runif(ncell(template), 140, 160))
K_raster <- setValues(template, runif(ncell(template), 0.3, 0.5))
LS_raster <- setValues(template, runif(ncell(template), 0.5, 1.5))
C_raster <- setValues(template, runif(ncell(template), 0.05, 0.2))
P_raster <- setValues(template, 1.0)
raster_erosion <- soil_erosion_usle(R_raster, K_raster, LS_raster, C_raster, P_raster)
plot(raster_erosion)

🧩 UML Diagram

The source code for the UML diagram showing the functional dependencies is available in the uml_diagram.puml file. You can render this file using a PlantUML tool to view the diagram.

đź“ś License

This project is licensed under a custom non-commercial license.

  • âś… Free for personal, academic, and research use.
  • ❌ Commercial use is strictly prohibited without a separate license.

For commercial licensing inquiries, please contact me at ** s i a d s i m @ g m a i l . c o m **.

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Additional details

Related works

Is supplement to
Software: https://github.com/SIADSiM/RToolsForSoilScienceModeling/tree/RToolsForSoilScienceModelingV1.0.0 (URL)

Dates

Available
2025-08

Software

Repository URL
https://github.com/SIADSiM/RToolsForSoilScienceModeling
Programming language
R
Development Status
Active

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