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how to write several rasterStack in a loop with R

I have several ncdf files in a folder. I would like to stack them individually in a loop and print their information in R.

I have the following code:

library(raster)
library(ncdf4)

c <- list.files(pattern="nc")
for (i in 1:length(c)){
   ff <- stack(c[i])
   print(ff[i])
}

by typing ff[1] in the command line, I expected to get that:

class       : RasterStack 
dimensions  : 444, 922, 409368, 10  (nrow, ncol, ncell, nlayers)
resolution  : 0.0625, 0.0625  (x, y)
extent      : 235.375, 293, 25.125, 52.875  (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax)
coord. ref. : +proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=0,0,0 
names       : X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, X10

but I get the following:

X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X7 X8 X9 X10
[1,] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA
X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X7 X8 X9 X10
[1,] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA

I do not see where is my error. Thanks for any help.

Solution

  • Instead of print(ff[i]), you want to do print(ff).

    ff is a RaxterStack. ff[i] will give you the values of cell i.

    ((If you wanted layer j, you can do ff[[j]]))

    Avoid c as a variable name (it is also a function). I would do

    library(raster)
ff <- list.files(pattern="nc")
for (i in 1:length(ff)) {
   s <- stack(ff[i])
   print(s)
}

    or better

    for (i in 1:length(ff)) {
   b <- brick(ff[i])
   print(b)
}

    or perhaps like this:

    library(raster)
ff <- list.files(pattern="nc")
lapply(ff, brick)