AquaBEHER 1.4.0

AquaBEHER 1.4.0

🆕 Added

• 🛠 Parameter Validation: An improved and more robust version of the
  parameter validation checks, along with additional data quality and
  validation checks for the seasFcstQBR function.

  • 🔍 Input Validation: Checks added for hisYearStart,
    hisYearEnd, and the structure of seasRain and hisWSCvar.

  • ❓ Null and Missing Checks: Added is.null and is.na checks
    for rainTerc and key data columns.

  • ⚠ Unrealistic Data Warning: Warnings for unrealistic hisWSCvar
    values (e.g., values outside 0-365 days) and negative rainfall
    values.

  • 📅 Year Filtering: Ensures seasRain and hisWSC match on
    years after filtering.

• 🧪 Testing Structure: Established testing structure using
  testthat for the seasFcstQBR function.

• 📖 Documentation: Added a Seasonal Forecast section to the
  vignette.

🔄 Changed

• 📚 Documentation: Improved documentation for seasFcstQBR.

• 🔄 Function Name: Changed the function name from seasFcst to
  seasFcstQBR.

• 📝 DESCRIPTION File: Edited the DESCRIPTION file as directed by
  CRAN.

Version 1.2.0

[1.2.0] - 2024-09-09

Added

• Citation Information: Included citation details in inst/CITATION.
• CRAN Downloads Badge: Added a badge for CRAN downloads in the README.
• Data Quality Control: Introduced checks for data quality control and realistic values in water balance calculations.
• Testing Structure: Established a testing structure for the calcWatBal and calcSeasCal functions using testthat.
• Parameter Validation: Enhanced and more robust parameter validation checks for the calcSeasCal function, including:
• Consistency Checks: Ensures all date-related columns (Year, Month, Day) are complete and free of NA values.
• Date Validation: Validates onsetWind.start, onsetWind.end, and cessaWind.end as proper dates using lubridate::is.Date().
• Range Validation: Ensures R-index values are between 0 and 1, and Soil Moisture values are non-negative.
• Length Consistency: Confirms R-index and Soil Moisture have the same length as the Year column.
• soilWHC Validation: Checks that soilWHC is a positive numeric value.

Changed

• Package Imports: Now imports functions from terra instead of raster.
• calcWatBal Function: Returns a list containing a dataframe and a list of warnings related to any unrealistic or adjusted values in the input data or parameters.
• Wet Season Calendar (WSC) Parameters: Improved criteria for characterizing WSC parameters.

Version 1.0.0

[1.0.0] - 2024-09-04

Added

• Error Handling: Enhanced error handling and warnings for missing and unrealistic data.
• Consistency Check: Implemented checks to ensure that the maximum temperature is always greater than the minimum temperature.
• Documentation: Improved documentation for better clarity and completeness.
• Testing: Established a testing structure for the calcEto function using testthat

AquaBEHER

First beta test release.