Soil moisture regime helper (USDA, KST 13ed Ch 3, pp 50-52) — soil_moisture_regime

Returns TRUE when pedon$site$soil_moisture_regime matches target. Climatic data is required; in v0.8.x the regime is read directly from site metadata (a v0.9 helper will derive it from monthly precipitation+ETP).

Usage

soil_moisture_regime_usda(
  pedon,
  target = c("aquic", "aridic", "torric", "udic", "perudic", "ustic", "xeric")
)

Arguments

pedon: A PedonRecord.
target: Character, one of the recognized regimes.

Value

A DiagnosticResult.

Details

Recognized targets (KST 13ed Ch 3): "aquic", "aridic", "torric", "udic", "perudic", "ustic", "xeric".