SSN2: Spatial Modeling on Stream Networks
SSN2 is an R package for spatial statistical modeling and prediction on
stream networks, including models based on in-stream distance.
Models are created using moving average constructions. Spatial linear models,
including explanatory variables, can be fit with (restricted) maximum likelihood.
Mapping and other graphical functions are included. It is the successor to the SSN R package. See the SSN2 website for more: https://usepa.github.io/SSN2/.
Citation
If you use SSN2 in a formal publication or report, please cite it. Citing SSN2 lets us devote more resources to it in the future. View the SSN2 citation by running
citation(package = "SSN2")#>
#> To cite SSN2 in publications use:
#>
#> Dumelle M, Peterson EE, Ver Hoef JM, Pearse A, Isaak DJ (2024). SSN2:
#> The next generation of spatial stream network modeling in R. Journal
#> of Open Source Software, 9(99), 6389,
#> https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06389
#>
#> A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
#>
#> @Article{,
#> title = {{SSN2}: The next generation of spatial stream network modeling in {R}},
#> author = {Michael Dumelle and Erin E. Peterson and Jay M. {Ver Hoef} and Alan Pearse and Daniel J. Isaak},
#> journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
#> year = {2024},
#> volume = {9},
#> number = {99},
#> pages = {6389},
#> doi = {10.21105/joss.06389},
#> url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06389},
#> publisher = {The Open Journal},
#> }Statement of Need
Streams provide vital aquatic services that sustain wildlife, provide drinking and irrigation water, and support recreational and cultural activities. Data are often collected at various locations on a stream network and used to characterize some scientific phenomenon in the stream. Spatial stream network (SSN) models use a spatial statistical modeling framework to describe unique and complex dependencies on a stream network resulting from a branching network structure, directional water flow, and differences in flow volume. SSN models relate a response variable to one or more explanatory variables, a spatially independent error term (i.e., nugget), and up to three spatially dependent error terms: tail-down errors, tail-up errors, and Euclidean errors. Tail-down errors restrict spatial dependence to flow-connected sites (i.e., water flows from an upstream to a downstream site) and incorporate spatial weights (i.e., additive function) to describe the branching network between them. Tail-up errors describe spatial dependence between both flow-connected and flow-unconnected (i.e., sites that share a common downstream junction but not flow) sites, but spatial weights are not required. Euclidean errors describe spatial dependence between sites based on Euclidean distance and are governed by factors not confined to the stream network like regional geology. The SSN2 R package is designed to help users fit SSN models to their stream network data.
Installation Instructions
Install and load the most recent approved version from CRAN by running
# install the most recent approved version from CRAN
install.packages("SSN2")
# load the most recent approved version from CRAN
library(SSN2)Install and load the most recent version ofSSN2 from GitHub by running
# Installing from GitHub requires you first install the remotes package
install.packages("remotes")
# install the most recent version from GitHub
remotes::install_github("USEPA/SSN2", ref = "main")
# load the most recent development version from GitHub
library(SSN2)Install and load the most recent development version ofSSN2 from GitHub by running
# Installing from GitHub requires you first install the remotes package
install.packages("remotes")
# install the most recent version from GitHub
remotes::install_github("USEPA/SSN2", ref = "develop")
# load the most recent development version from GitHub
library(SSN2)Contributing to SSN2
We encourage users to report bugs and/or contribute to SSN2. For more detail on how to do this, please see our contributing guide (CONTRIBUTING.md).
Getting Help
There are several ways to get help with SSN2:
- Open a GitHub issue link here.
- Email the SSN support team (support@spatialstreamnetworks.com or Dumelle.Michael@epa.gov)
- Post on a support website like Stack Overflow or Cross Validated.
Example Usage
Below we provide a brief example showing how to use SSN2. For a thorough introduction to the software, see our introductory vignette linked here. For a list of all functions available in SSN2, see our function reference linked here.
We load SSN2, copy the .ssn object that comes with SSN2 to the temporary directory, and create stream distance matrices used for modeling by running
library(SSN2)
copy_lsn_to_temp()
path <- paste0(tempdir(), "/MiddleFork04.ssn")
mf04p <- ssn_import(path, predpts = "pred1km")
ssn_create_distmat(mf04p, predpts = "pred1km", overwrite = TRUE)We fit and summarize an SSN model explaining summer water temperatue (Summer_mn) as a function of elevation (ELEV_DEM) and precipitation (AREAWTMAP) with a exponential, spherical, and Gaussian structures for the tail-up, tail-down, and Euclidean errors, respectively, by running
ssn_mod <- ssn_lm(
formula = Summer_mn ~ ELEV_DEM + AREAWTMAP,
ssn.object = mf04p,
tailup_type = "exponential",
taildown_type = "spherical",
euclid_type = "gaussian",
additive = "afvArea"
)
summary(ssn_mod)#>
#> Call:
#> ssn_lm(formula = Summer_mn ~ ELEV_DEM + AREAWTMAP, ssn.object = mf04p,
#> tailup_type = "exponential", taildown_type = "spherical",
#> euclid_type = "gaussian", additive = "afvArea")
#>
#> Residuals:
#> Min 1Q Median 3Q Max
#> -3.6393 -2.0646 -0.5952 0.2143 0.7497
#>
#> Coefficients (fixed):
#> Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|)
#> (Intercept) 76.195041 7.871574 9.680 < 2e-16 ***
#> ELEV_DEM -0.026905 0.003646 -7.379 1.6e-13 ***
#> AREAWTMAP -0.009099 0.004461 -2.040 0.0414 *
#> ---
#> Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1
#>
#> Pseudo R-squared: 0.6124
#>
#> Coefficients (covariance):
#> Effect Parameter Estimate
#> tailup exponential de (parsill) 3.800e+00
#> tailup exponential range 4.194e+06
#> taildown spherical de (parsill) 4.480e-01
#> taildown spherical range 1.647e+05
#> euclid gaussian de (parsill) 1.509e-02
#> euclid gaussian range 4.496e+03
#> We tidy, glance at, and augment (with diagnostics) the fitted model by running
tidy(ssn_mod, conf.int = TRUE)#> # A tibble: 3 × 7
#> term estimate std.error statistic p.value conf.low conf.high
#> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 (Intercept) 76.2 7.87 9.68 0 60.8 91.6
#> 2 AREAWTMAP -0.00910 0.00446 -2.04 4.14e- 2 -0.0178 -0.000356
#> 3 ELEV_DEM -0.0269 0.00365 -7.38 1.60e-13 -0.0341 -0.0198glance(ssn_mod)#> # A tibble: 1 × 9
#> n p npar value AIC AICc logLik deviance pseudo.r.squared
#> <int> <dbl> <int> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 45 3 7 59.3 73.3 76.3 -29.6 41.9 0.612head(augment(ssn_mod))#> Simple feature collection with 6 features and 9 fields
#> Geometry type: POINT
#> Dimension: XY
#> Bounding box: xmin: -1515032 ymin: 2529461 xmax: -1512690 ymax: 2531883
#> Projected CRS: USA_Contiguous_Albers_Equal_Area_Conic_USGS_version
#> # A tibble: 6 × 10
#> Summer_mn ELEV_DEM AREAWTMAP .fitted .resid .hat .cooksd .std.resid pid
#> <dbl> <int> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <chr>
#> 1 11.4 1977 940. 14.4 -3.07 0.0915 0.0962 -1.78 1
#> 2 10.7 1984 1087. 12.9 -2.20 0.114 0.00471 -0.352 2
#> 3 10.4 1993 1087. 12.7 -2.25 0.0372 0.00724 -0.764 3
#> 4 10.1 2007 1087. 12.3 -2.18 0.0251 0.00153 -0.427 4
#> 5 10.1 2009 1087. 12.3 -2.13 0.0374 0.000583 -0.216 5
#> 6 9.81 2012 1109. 12.0 -2.16 0.0602 0.0150 -0.863 6
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: geometry <POINT [m]>
We make predictions at the prediction sites (pred1km) by running predict() (or augment():
preds <- predict(ssn_mod, newdata = "pred1km", interval = "prediction")
head(preds)#> fit lwr upr
#> 1 14.64383 14.27138 15.01627
#> 2 15.00608 14.65017 15.36198
#> 3 14.79235 14.27414 15.31057
#> 4 14.96884 14.45492 15.48276
#> 5 15.15182 14.73770 15.56595
#> 6 15.12783 14.76358 15.49208Imported Packages
SSN2 imports the following R packages:
- generics: For exporting generic functions.
- graphics: For visualizations (e.g.,
plot()). - Matrix: For efficient matrix manipulations.
- RSQlite: For various functions that read and write (e.g.,
ssn_create_distmat()). - sf: For handling spatial data.
- spmodel: For various modeling functions (e.g.,
randcov_initial()) and generic functions (e.g.,loocv()). - stats: For various modeling functions (e.g.,
confint()). - tibble: For creating tibbles as output for various functions (e.g.,
tidy()). - utils: For various utility functions.
- withr: For path handling while reading and writing.
Suggested Packages
SSN2 suggests the following R packages:
- ggplot2: For vignette visualizations.
- knitr: For vignette building.
- rmarkdown: For vignette building.
- sp: For making
SSNobjects from theSSNR package compatible withSSN2. - statmod: For modeling and simulation of inverse Gaussian data.
- testthat: For unit testing.
License
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License, GPL-3.
EPA Disclaimer
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