[R-sig-Geo] Replacing values in a RasterBrick

[BEUTEL Terry S]

Hi.

I'm working with the Raster package. I have a RasterBrick of 374 monthly rainfall rasters called Rain2.


> Rain2
class       : RasterBrick
dimensions  : 374, 315, 117810, 374  (nrow, ncol, ncell, nlayers)
resolution  : 0.05, 0.05  (x, y)
extent      : 137.925, 153.675, -29.275, -10.575  (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax)
coord. ref. : +proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +no_defs
data source : K:\RainStuff\RainRaster.grd
names       :    X198601,    X198602,    X198603,    X198604 ...
min values  :       0.00,       0.00,       0.00,       0.00 ...
max values  :  962.01929,  534.42188,  929.24780,  790.83087 ...



I want to replace the 374 monthly rainfall pixel values at a particular location (defined by the intersection of a single row and a single column) with a different series of 374 values. But when I try the reassignment, I run into memory issues....



> Rain2[100,100]<-c(1:374)

Error: cannot allocate vector of size 336.2 Mb



I've also tried using setValues to reassign the values, as per the "Writing functions with the 'raster' package" vignette, but without success e.g. ...

> f2<-

+ function(x,row,col,a){

+ x[row,col]<-setValues(x[row,col],a)

+ return(x)}

>

> a<-c(1:374)

> f2(Rain2,100,101,a)



Error in (function (classes, fdef, mtable)  :

  unable to find an inherited method for function 'setValues' for signature '"matrix"'





I don't work much with the Raster package and I'm sure I'm making an elementary error here, but I'd appreciate any advice on the best way replace these values efficiently.

Many thanks

Terry

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