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Modifications of raster extent and resolution change the total sum of pixel values


I wish to change the resolution and extent of a raster. I have tried to combine in different ways extend, aggregate, resample but unsuccessfully… below is a code I wrote to get the right resolution and extent, but as a consequence, the total pixel values are changed (and the difference can be quite large in some cases...). There are quite a lot on posts online on raster extents and resolutions, but I haven't managed to solve my problem. Is there a way I can change the resolution and extent while minimizing changes in total pixel values (cellStats(r, sum))? Thank you very much.

library(raster)

#sample rasters
r <- raster(extent(-180,179.9999, -55.91668 , 83.58326))
res(r)<-c(0.5/6, 0.5/6)
r <- setValues(r, runif(ncell(r)))
cellStats(r, sum) #3615229

temp_extent <- raster(extent(-180,180, -90 , 90))
res(temp_extent)<-c(0.5, 0.5)

# to get resolution (0.5, 0.5)
r1 <- aggregate(r, fact=6, fun=sum)
cellStats(r1, sum) #3615229
r1
# to get extent (-180,180,-90,90)
r2 <- resample(x= r1, y=temp_extent, method="bilinear") # what I am hoping is for NA to fill the added pixels
cellStats(r2, sum) #problem: gives different total value: 3615916
r2

Solution

  • Using Nearest Neighbour resampling in the last passage should do the trick:

    library(raster)
    #> Loading required package: sp
    
    #sample rasters
    r <- raster(extent(-180,179.9999, -55.91668 , 83.58326))
    res(r)<-c(0.5/6, 0.5/6)
    set.seed(1234)
    r <- setValues(r, runif(ncell(r)))
    cellStats(r, sum)
    #> [1] 3615109
    
    temp_extent <- raster(extent(-180,180, -90 , 90))
    res(temp_extent)<-c(0.5, 0.5)
    
    # to get resolution (0.5, 0.5)
    r1 <- aggregate(r, fact=6, fun=sum)
    cellStats(r1, sum)
    #> [1] 3615109
    
    # to get extent (-180,180,-90,90)
    r2 <- resample(x= r1, y=temp_extent, method="ngb") 
    cellStats(r2, sum)
    #> [1] 3615109
    
    all.equal(cellStats(r, sum), cellStats(r2, sum))
    #> [1] TRUE
    

    Created on 2018-12-01 by the reprex package (v0.2.1)