Calculates and writes (R)USLE erosion to disk.
# S4 method for RPhosFate
erosion(x)An S4 RPhosFate river catchment object.
An S4 RPhosFate river catchment object and side effects in
the form of raster files.
Renard, K.G., Foster, G.R., Weesies, G.A., McCool, D.K., Yoder, D.C., 1997. Predicting soil erosion by water: a guide to conservation planning with the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE), Agriculture Handbook. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
Wischmeier, W.H., Smith, D.D., 1978. Predicting rainfall erosion losses. A guide to conservation planning, Agriculture Handbook. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
# \donttest{
# temporary demonstration project copy
cv_dir <- demoProject()
#> Warning: A folder called "demoProject" already exists and is left as is.
# load temporary demonstration project
x <- RPhosFate(
cv_dir = cv_dir,
ls_ini = TRUE
)
# presupposed method call
x <- erosionPrerequisites(x)
x <- erosion(x)# }