When multiple input maps are given to r.univar, the overall statistics are calculated. This is useful for a time series of the same variable, as well as for the case of a segmented/tiled dataset. Allowing multiple raster maps to be specified saves the user from using a temporary raster map for the result of r.series or r.patch.
This module can use large amounts of system memory when the -e extended statistics flag is used with a very large region setting. If the region is too large the module should exit gracefully with a memory allocation error. Basic statistics can be calculated using any size input region.
Without a zones input raster, the r.quantile module will be significantly more efficient for calculating percentiles with large maps.
For calculating univariate statistics from a raster map based on vector polygon map and uploads statistics to new attribute columns, see v.rast.stats.
g.region raster=basins -p
projection: 99 (Lambert Conformal Conic) zone: 0 datum: nad83 ellipsoid: a=6378137 es=0.006694380022900787 north: 228500 south: 215000 west: 630000 east: 645000 nsres: 10 ewres: 10 rows: 1350 cols: 1500 cells: 2025000
r.category basins
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d.mon wx0 d.rast map=elevation r.colors map=elevation color=grey d.rast map=basins r.colors map=basins color=bgyr d.legend raster=basins use=2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28,30 d.barscale
Figure: Zones (basins, opacity: 60%) with underlying elevation map for North Carolina sample dataset.
Then statistics for elevation can be calculated separately for every zone, i.e. basin found in the zones parameter:
r.univar -t map=elevation zones=basins separator=comma \ output=basin_elev_zonal.csv
zone,label,non_null_cells,null_cells,min,max,range,mean,mean_of_abs, stddev,variance,coeff_var,sum,sum_abs2,,116975,0,55.5787925720215, 133.147018432617,77.5682258605957,92.1196971445722,92.1196971445722, 15.1475301152556,229.447668592576,16.4433129773355,10775701.5734863, 10775701.57348634,,75480,0,61.7890930175781,110.348838806152, 48.5597457885742,83.7808205765268,83.7808205765268,11.6451777476995, 135.610164775515,13.8995747088232,6323776.33711624,6323776.33711624 6,,1137,0,66.9641571044922,83.2070922851562,16.2429351806641, 73.1900814395257,73.1900814395257,4.15733292896409,17.2834170822492, 5.68018623179036,83217.1225967407,83217.12259674078,,80506, 0,67.4670791625977,147.161514282227, ...
Figure: Raster statistics for zones (basins, North Carolina sample dataset) viewed through Libre/Open Office Calc
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