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Prepare and check groundwater observations

ps_make_points()
Make groundwater observation points
ps_potentiometric_points()
Build potentiometric points from depth-to-water measurements
ps_check_observations()
Check groundwater observation records
ps_metadata()
Inspect scientific metadata
ps_sample_aoi()
Make the sample area-of-interest polygon

Select monitoring events and water-bearing units

ps_select_event()
Select a groundwater monitoring event
ps_screen_groups()
Assign or validate monitoring-well screen groups
ps_interpolate_grouped()
Interpolate grouped groundwater observations

Interpolate potentiometric surfaces

ps_interpolate()
Interpolate potentiometric surfaces
ps_interpolate_regions()
Interpolate explicit regions independently
ps_split_domain()
Validate and split an explicit hydrogeologic domain
ps_variogram()
Calculate an empirical groundwater-head variogram
ps_variogram_compare()
Compare fitted variogram models
ps_anisotropy()
Explore directional anisotropy in hydraulic head

Validate and tune interpolation methods

ps_validate()
Validate potentiometric-surface interpolation
ps_compare_methods()
Compare validated interpolation methods
ps_validation_plot()
Plot validation diagnostics with base graphics
ps_tune_interpolation()
Tune interpolation parameters under recorded validation partitions

Inspect support and uncertainty

ps_prediction_support()
Describe prediction support and extrapolation
ps_surface_ensemble()
Combine compatible potentiometric surfaces
ps_method_disagreement()
Map disagreement among interpolation methods
ps_surface_uncertainty()
Quantify model-conditional or resampling surface variability
ps_contour_uncertainty()
Construct pointwise contour-uncertainty bands

Compare surfaces and monitoring events

ps_compare_surfaces()
Compare two potentiometric surfaces
ps_head_change()
Compare paired measurements and modeled head change between events
ps_surface_sensitivity()
Evaluate explicit interpolation sensitivity scenarios

Calculate vertical gradients and depth surfaces

ps_vertical_gradient()
Calculate a vertical hydraulic gradient
ps_depth_to_water_surface()
Calculate depth to a water-table or potentiometric surface

Evaluate monitoring networks

ps_well_influence()
Calculate conditional leave-one-well influence
ps_network_thinning()
Evaluate reproducible monitoring-network thinning scenarios
ps_candidate_network()
Rank explicit candidate monitoring locations with recorded constraints

Create contours and hydraulic-gradient arrows

ps_contours()
Create contours and a contour-level inventory
ps_contour_support()
Classify modeled contour sections by local prediction support
plot(<potentiomap_contour_support>)
Plot classified contour support
ps_flow_arrows()
Generate hydraulic-gradient arrows
ps_validate_arrows()
Validate hydraulic-gradient arrow endpoints
ps_arrow_vertices()
Extract arrow base or tip points

Extract profiles and cross-sections

ps_surface_profile()
Extract one or more surface profiles along explicit lines
ps_cross_section()
Build a plot-ready potentiometric cross-section

Visualize, style, report, and export

ps_quicklook()
Draw a quicklook surface plot
ps_smooth_surface()
Smooth a potentiometric surface raster
ps_export_surfaces()
Export potentiometric-surface products
ps_export_contour_support()
Export classified contour-support products
ps_export_style()
Export open GIS style XML
ps_report()
Render a package-owned technical report

Example data

synthetic_wells
Synthetic groundwater monitoring wells
synthetic_dem
Synthetic DEM raster
synthetic_surface_points
Synthetic surface elevation measurement points
synthetic_events
Synthetic repeated groundwater-monitoring events
synthetic_nested_wells
Synthetic nested monitoring wells
synthetic_regions
Two synthetic interpolation compartments
synthetic_covariates
Synthetic surface shapes and hydrogeologic covariates
synthetic_candidate_sites
Synthetic candidate monitoring sites
synthetic_transect
Synthetic cross-section transect
synthetic_anisotropic_points
Synthetic anisotropic head points
synthetic_validation_points
Synthetic independent validation points

Result classes and accessors