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Load EU-LUCAS / ESDB pedons with reference WRB classification

Source: R/benchmark-loaders.R
load_lucas_pedons.Rd

Reads the EU-LUCAS topsoil dataset joined with the ESDB profile archive (the v3 release produced by JRC). Assembles a list of PedonRecord objects with the WRB Reference Soil Group attached as pedon$site$reference_wrb.

Usage

load_lucas_pedons(lucas_csv, head = NULL, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

lucas_csv

Path to the LUCAS topsoil CSV.

head

Optional integer for parser validation.

verbose

If TRUE (default), emits a summary.

Value

A list of PedonRecord objects.

Details

LUCAS is harvested every 3-6 years on a regular grid; the ESDB classification is updated synchronously. ~28k profile cells with WRB labels in the 2015-2018 release.