Soil Trafficability Moisture Checker

Audit measured soil moisture against independently matched texture/soil local criterion, unknown criteria retained; no trafficability or safe machine access determination. Caller independently verifies units, applicability and matching conditions; no operational recipe, safety certification, causal efficacy or legal/resource classification is inferred.

Description

Soil trafficability depends on moisture, material properties and a locally established review criterion.

Soil trafficability depends on moisture, material properties and a locally established review criterion.1

Comparing known moisture observations with supplied limits does not establish bearing strength or authorize machine traffic. Use this tool to calculate soil trafficability moisture checker from the supplied measurements and assumptions.

When to use Soil Trafficability Moisture Checker

Use this tool to calculate soil trafficability moisture checker from the supplied measurements and assumptions. Establish the species/site, survey protocol, units, sampled area or exposure, and the independently chosen reference or model.

How to use Soil Trafficability Moisture Checker and understand its results

  1. Establish the species/site, survey protocol, units, sampled area or exposure, and the independently chosen reference or model.
  2. Enter observedSoilMoistureFractions, callerMatchedMoistureLimitFractions, knownLocalCriterionFlags, using the field meanings and rules below, then run the tool.
  3. Read knownMoistureLimitExceedanceIndices, unknownCriterionIndices. Interpret the fields using their units, signs and evidence conventions below.
  4. If input validation fails, correct the reported field and run again. Before applying the result, check reference scope, model assumptions and any missing evidence or placeholder values.
Input fieldMeaningValue typeRequirement
observedSoilMoistureFractionsObserved soil moisture fractionslist of numberRequired
callerMatchedMoistureLimitFractionsCaller matched moisture limit fractionslist of numberRequired
knownLocalCriterionFlagsKnown local criterion flags; binary 1=known, 0=unknown, in the order described belowlist of numberRequired

Enter nonempty aligned measured moisture fractions and independently chosen limit fractions in [0,1], plus binary known flags. Return indices where a known measurement is strictly greater than its limit, and separately retain unknown indices. Equality is not a review exceedance and an unknown observation is not a pass.

review={i:known_i=1 and measured_i>limit_i}; unknown={i:known_i=0}

Use the exact units, boundary rules, ordering and missing-evidence conventions above.

Output fieldMeaningValue type
knownMoistureLimitExceedanceIndicesKnown Moisture Limit Exceedance Indices; follow the units, sign, ordering and evidence convention stated abovelist of values
unknownCriterionIndicesUnknown Criterion Indices; follow the units, sign, ordering and evidence convention stated abovelist of number
json
{
  "input": {
    "observedSoilMoistureFractions": [
      0.2,
      0.4
    ],
    "callerMatchedMoistureLimitFractions": [
      0.3,
      0.3
    ],
    "knownLocalCriterionFlags": [
      1,
      0
    ]
  },
  "output": {
    "knownMoistureLimitExceedanceIndices": [],
    "unknownCriterionIndices": [
      1
    ]
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

Comparing known moisture observations with supplied limits does not establish bearing strength or authorize machine traffic. Interpretation depends on the units, sampling scope and exact model described above.

All listed fields require explicit values. Unexpected fields, incorrect types, nonfinite numbers and sparse evidence arrays fail validation; the specific bounds and alignment requirements are stated above. Extremely large inputs or outputs can also be rejected. An input error is distinct from a successful result reporting false, no matches or missing evidence.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use Riparian Buffer Width By Stream Class Lookup for this related task: Riparian buffer references depend on site, jurisdiction, objectives and the governing method.

Use Clearcut Opening Width Windthrow Checker when its separate inputs and assumptions fit the question: A clearcut-width-to-tree-height ratio compares opening geometry with a supplied review screen.

References

  1. Soil Trafficability Moisture Checker — tool.io

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