Hi all, I am wanting to model some patch dynamics using raster objects in R and am trying to figure out the best way to do it. I want to treat each "patch" (pixel, cell, grid) and assign multiple attributes (for example biomass, temperature, precipitation, etc). I know that I can do this using a brick object, but I also want to add a temporal dimension. What is the best way to do this? The only way I can think right now is to create a brick object with the number of bands equal to the number of attributes and then create a new object at each time step. Is there a better way? (Surely there is). Most of what I find points to NetLogo, but I am actually trying to move away from the NetLogo environment, though I am not opposed to using it. Thanks for any pointers in the right direction and sorry for not posting an example. Wade [[alternative HTML version deleted]]