presubmission: Does EPGMr package fit?

[SwampThingPaul]

Submitting Author: Paul Julian (@SwampThingPaul)
Repository: https://github.com/SwampThingPaul/EPGMr

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• Paste the full DESCRIPTION file inside a code block below:

Package: EPGMr
Type: Package
Title: Implements the Everglades Phosphorus Gradient Model in R
Version: 0.1.0
Authors@R: person("Paul","Julian",email="pauljulianphd@gmail.com",role=c("aut","cre"))
Maintainer: Paul Julian <pauljulianphd@gmail.com>
URL: https://github.com/swampthingpaul/EPGMr
Description: The model used for Stormwater Treatment Area (STA) design is expanded to include mass balances on marsh water-columns and surface soils. EPGM (Everglades Phosphorus Gradient Model) predicts variations in water-column P concentration, peat accretion rate, and soil P concentration along a horizontal gradient imposed by an external phosphorus load and sheet-flow conditions. Potential biological responses are expressed in terms of marsh surface area exceeding threshold criteria for water-column and soil phosphorus concentrations. More information of the model can be found at http://www.wwwalker.net/epgm/
License: CC0
Encoding: UTF-8
LazyData: true
RoxygenNote: 6.1.1.9000

Scope

• Please indicate which category or categories from our package fit policies this package falls under: (Please check an appropriate box below.:

  • data retrieval
  • data extraction
  • database access
  • data munging
  • data deposition
  • workflow automation
  • version control
  • citation management and bibliometrics
  • scientific software wrappers
  • database software bindings
  • geospatial data
  • text analysis

• Explain how the and why the package falls under these categories (briefly, 1-2 sentences). Please note any areas you are unsure of:

Honestly, I am not sure if this package fits the @ropensci package policy or if it does which category this package falls. Generally, this package is implementation of an ecological model originally developed as a spreadsheet model with several macros (originally in Lotus123, then converted to Excel; webpage). Originally this model was developed for application in specific to the Everglades ecosystem but has the potential to be applied to other wetland ecosystems more broadly.

• Who is the target audience and what are scientific applications of this package?

Ecosystem scientists, data scientist and modelers

• Are there other R packages that accomplish the same thing? If so, how does yours differ or meet our criteria for best-in-category?

To the author's knowledge, there are no R packages that accomplish what EPGMr, specifically.

• Any other questions or issues we should be aware of?:

I have been in communication with the model's original developer Dr. Walker, I have shared the GitHub repo and he is aware of the progress.

[maelle]

Thanks for your presubmission @SwampThingPaul! As it is a methodological package (a re-write of a tool providing an ecological model), it is out-of-scope. Rewriting the Excel tool in R is a great effort nonetheless! We hope you find another venue for it (maybe [JOSS(https://joss.theoj.org/)?).