MSD_to_YM

Converts time given as 'months since date' (MSD) into years and months (YM)

Provides tools for processing and evaluating seasonal weather forecasts,
with an emphasis on tercile forecasts. We follow the World Meteorological Organization's
"Guidance on Verification of Operational Seasonal Climate Forecasts",
S.J.Mason (2018, ISBN: 978-92-63-11220-0, URL: <https://library.wmo.int/idurl/4/56227>).
The development was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation
programme under grant agreement no. 869730 (CONFER).
A comprehensive online tutorial is available at <http://files.nr.no/samba/CONFER/SeaVal/>.

Claudio Heinrich-Mertsching

SeaVal

Validation of Seasonal Weather Forecasts

Celine Cunen

Michael Scheuerer

MSD_to_YM function

<dl><dt>dt</dt>
<dd>a data table.</dd>
<dt>timecol</dt>
<dd>name of the column containing the time.</dd>
<dt>origin</dt>
<dd>The time column contains time in the format month since which date?</dd></dl>

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Converts time given as 'months since date' (MSD) into years and months (YM) — MSD_to_YM

<dl>

<dt>dt</dt>
<dd>a data table.</dd>


<dt>timecol</dt>
<dd>name of the column containing the time.</dd>


<dt>origin</dt>
<dd>The time column contains time in the format month since which date?</dd>

</dl>

MSD_to_YM: Converts time given as 'months since date' (MSD) into years and months (YM)

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