bioclim: An R package for bioclimatic classifications via adaptive water balance

Serrano-Notivoli, Roberto ; Longares, Luis Alberto (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Cámara, Rafael

Resumen: bioclim is a software package in R language for bioclimatic classification based on the Type of Bioclimatic Regime approach, which combines climatic and soil properties to classify a region according to its suitability for plant vegetative activity. We present the software's operating modes, capabilities and limitations, including real-world usage examples. Using monthly temperature, precipitation, and field capacity as inputs, bioclim follows a straightforward workflow using three functions to compute: i) a comprehensive water balance describing water resource dynamics throughout the year; ii) a bioclimatic balance to estimate plant vegetative activity; and iii) a collection of bioclimatic intensities quantifying vegetative activity changes. The program uses the results of these functions to classify bioclimatic type at zonal, regional and local scales. The three functions' outputs can be calculated independently, strengthening the software's cross-disciplinary application potential, such as climatology and hydrology. bioclim uses numeric and raster formats as input data and contains highly flexible options for a wide range of purposes, from scientific research to end users' representations. The water and bioclimatic balance results can be presented in numerical, graphical, or cartographic forms.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101810

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Ecological Informatics 71 (2022), 101810 [10 pp.]
ISSN: 1574-9541

Factor impacto JCR: 5.1 (2022)

Categ. JCR: ECOLOGY rank: 27 / 171 = 0.158 (2022) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 6.1 - Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Q1) - Mathematics (Q1) - Computer Science (Q1) - Environmental Science (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.915 - Applied Mathematics (Q1) - Computational Theory and Mathematics (Q1) - Ecological Modeling (Q1) - Modeling and Simulation (Q1) - Ecology (Q1) - Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q1) - Computer Science Applications (Q2)

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Geografía Física (Dpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ.)