Package: nert 2.0.0

Max Moldovan

nert: Curated Access to TERN Environmental Raster Data

Provides curated access to gridded environmental data published by Australia's Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN; <https://www.tern.org.au/>), spanning national soil attribute, soil classification, soil biodiversity, soil moisture, actual evapotranspiration, vegetation canopy height and phenology products. The package reads Cloud-Optimised GeoTIFF and virtual raster files directly from the TERN data server via GDAL /vsicurl range requests, streaming only the requested spatial and temporal subset for efficient data transfer. The environmental raster data are returned as terra::SpatRaster objects. A convenient helper function is also provided that provides a batch-download capability given specific locations and dates, returning the extracted data values in an analysis-ready data.table. Access to the TERN datasets using this package requires a TERN API key.

Authors:Adam H. Sparks [aut], Wasin Pipattungsakul [aut], Russell Edson [aut], Sam Rogers [aut], Max Moldovan [cre, aut], Michael Sumner [rev], Shandiya Balasubramaniam [rev], Grains Research and Development Corporation [fnd, cph]

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nert/json (API)

# Install 'nert' in R:
install.packages('nert', repos = c('https://ropensci.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Reviews:rOpenSci Software Review #785

Bug tracker:https://github.com/ropensci/nert/issues

Datasets:
  • grain - Synthetic dataset for a grain production experiment in South Australia

On CRAN:

Conda:

ternsoil-dataaustraliaearth-sciencedata-accessagricultural-dataagricultureaustralian-datadata-retrievalecologicalecological-data

6.56 score 4 stars 1 packages 14 scripts 11 exports 9 dependencies

Last updated from:a4cfe76524. Checks:10 OK. Indexed: yes.

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Exports:collect_tern_dataget_keyread_aetread_ascread_canopy_heightread_phenologyread_slgaread_smipsread_soil_diversityread_ternshow_datasets

Dependencies:clicpp11data.tablegenericslubridateRcpprlangterratimechange

Bandwidth-safe spatial subsetting
COGs are lazy until you touch the values | Look before you pull | Crop to an area of interest first | Extracting at points is already bandwidth-safe | Mind the coordinate reference system | Save the crop, then work offline
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Last update: 2026-10-16
Started: 2026-08-10

collect_tern_data() for bulk TERN dataset collection
Basic usage of collect_tern_data() | Efficiently download data points at multiple spatial locations | Graceful handling of failed dataset fetches
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Last update: 2026-10-16
Started: 2026-04-01

Using nert to augment agricultural analytics with SMIPS data
A synthetic dataset for a grain production experiment | Download SMIPS data for the sites across times | A simple model for grain yield | Augmenting the yield model with soil moisture data | Simplified collection with collect_tern_data()
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Last update: 2026-10-16
Started: 2025-02-13

nert
Acquiring Your TERN API Key | Saving Your API Key Locally (using {keyring}) | Reading TERN Data
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Last update: 2026-10-15
Started: 2025-02-13