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r.diversity

Calculate diversity indices based on a moving window using r.li packages

r.diversity [-t] input=name prefix=name [alpha=alpha value for Renyi entropy [,alpha value for Renyi entropy,...]] [size=moving window [,moving window,...]] [method=method [,method,...]] [exclude=exclude method [,exclude method,...]] [--overwrite] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--qq] [--ui]

Example:

r.diversity input=name prefix=name

grass.script.run_command("r.diversity", input, prefix, alpha=None, size=3, method="simpson,shannon,pielou,renyi", exclude=None, flags=None, overwrite=False, verbose=False, quiet=False, superquiet=False)

Example:

gs.run_command("r.diversity", input="name", prefix="name")

Parameters

input=name [required]
    Name of input raster map
prefix=name [required]
    Prefix for output raster map(s)
alpha=alpha value for Renyi entropy [,alpha value for Renyi entropy,...]
    Order of generalized entropy (> 0.0; undefined for 1.0)
size=moving window [,moving window,...]
    Size of processing window (odd number only)
    Default: 3
method=method [,method,...]
    Name of methods to use
    Allowed values: simpson, shannon, pielou, renyi
    Default: simpson,shannon,pielou,renyi
exclude=exclude method [,exclude method,...]
    Exclude methods
    Allowed values: simpson, shannon, pielou, renyi
-t
    Preserve configuration files
--overwrite
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files
--help
    Print usage summary
--verbose
    Verbose module output
--quiet
    Quiet module output
--qq
    Very quiet module output
--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

input : str, required
    Name of input raster map
    Used as: input, raster, name
prefix : str, required
    Prefix for output raster map(s)
    Used as: output, raster, name
alpha : float | list[float] | str, optional
    Order of generalized entropy (> 0.0; undefined for 1.0)
    Used as: alpha value for Renyi entropy
size : int | list[int] | str, optional
    Size of processing window (odd number only)
    Used as: moving window
    Default: 3
method : str | list[str], optional
    Name of methods to use
    Used as: method
    Allowed values: simpson, shannon, pielou, renyi
    Default: simpson,shannon,pielou,renyi
exclude : str | list[str], optional
    Exclude methods
    Used as: exclude method
    Allowed values: simpson, shannon, pielou, renyi
flags : str, optional
    Allowed values: t
    t
        Preserve configuration files
overwrite: bool, optional
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files
    Default: False
verbose: bool, optional
    Verbose module output
    Default: False
quiet: bool, optional
    Quiet module output
    Default: False
superquiet: bool, optional
    Very quiet module output
    Default: False

DESCRIPTION

r.diversity calculates selected diversity indices by calling various r.li commands.

This script uses the Pielou, Renyi, Shannon and Simpson indices. The output is a map for each index.

NOTES

The user does not need to create a "conf" file with r.li.setup because this file will be created automatically by the script.
In size option it is possible use more values: the user can set more values with comma (,) and a range with minus (-).
If you calculate Renyi entropy remember to add the alpha option. Alpha option support single and multi values but not a range.
If the input raster contains NULL value cells, r.diversity returns -1 for these cells.
If the user wants to keep NULL values instead, run subsequently on the resulting map:

r.null map=my_map setnull=-1

EXAMPLES

To calculate the set of indices from a NDVI map, with a moving window of 3 x 3 pixel, run:

r.diversity input=ndvi_map prefix=diversity alpha=0.5

To calculate the set of indices from a NDVI map, with a moving window of 7 x 7 pixel, run:

r.diversity input=ndvi_map prefix=diversity alpha=0.5 size=7

To calculate only Pielou and Simpson indices from a NDVI map, with several moving window (3 x 3, 5 x 5, 7 x 7, 9 x 9), run:

r.diversity input=ndvi_map prefix=diversity size=3-9 method=pielou,simpson

To calculate all methods excluding Pielou from a NDVI map, with two moving window (3 x 3, 9 x 9), run:

r.diversity input=ndvi_map prefix=diversity size=3,9 exclude=pielou alpha=3

SEE ALSO

r.li, r.li.pielou, r.li.renyi, r.li.shannon, r.li.simpson

AUTHORS

Luca Delucchi and Duccio Rocchini, Fondazione E. Mach (Italy)

SOURCE CODE

Available at: r.diversity source code (history)
Latest change: Thursday Feb 20 13:02:26 2025 in commit 53de819