RFactor_est {SoilConservation}

Estimation the rainfall erosivity.

Description

The function estimates the rainfall erosivity factor.

Usage

RFactor_est(data, latitude, longitude)

Arguments

data

Data to be analyzed.

latitude

Latitude

longitude

Longitude

Value

RFactor

Estimated rainfall erosivity.

equation

Equation used for estimations.

Author(s)

Dione Pereira Cardoso

Paulo Cesar Ossani

Junior Cesar Avanzi

References

Arnoldus H. M. J. (1980). An approximation of the rainfall factor in the universal soil loss equation. In: De Boodt M, Gabriels D (eds) Assessment of erosion. JohnWiley & Sons, Chichister, pp 127–132. <https:...>.

Oliveira, P. T. S. and Wendland, E.; Nearing, M. A. (2013). “Rainfall erosivity in Brazil: A review”. Catena, v. 100, p. 139-147, 2013. <doi:10.1016/j.catena.2012.08.006>.

Examples

data(Data_Rainfall_month)
rfactor <- RFactor_est(Data_Rainfall_month[,2:13], 
                       latitude = -12.01527777, 
                       longitude = -48.544444440)
rfactor$RFactor
rfactor$equation