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climdex.pcic (version 1.1-11)

PCIC Implementation of Climdex Routines

Description

PCIC's implementation of Climdex routines for computation of extreme climate indices. Further details on the extreme climate indices can be found at and in the package manual.

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install.packages('climdex.pcic')

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1.1-11

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GPL-3

Maintainer

James Hiebert

Last Published

January 22nd, 2020

Functions in climdex.pcic (1.1-11)

climdex.rx1day

Monthly Maximum 1-day Precipitation
climdex.r20mm

Precipitation Exceeding 20mm Per Day
climdex.r95ptot

Total Daily Precipitation Exceeding 95%ile Threshold
climdex.csdi

Cold Spell Duration Index
climdex.rnnmm

Precipitation Exceeding A Specified Amount Per Day
climdex.tnx

Monthly Maximum of Daily Minimum Temperature
climdexInput

climdexInput
simple.precipitation.intensity.index

Simple Precipitation Intensity Index
climdex.r99ptot

Total Daily Precipitation Exceeding 99%ile Threshold
climdex.tnn

Monthly Minimum of Daily Minimum Temperature
climdex.quantile

Climdex quantile function
climdex.sdii

Simple Precpitation Intensity Index
climdex.txn

Monthly Minimum of Daily Maximum Temperature
climdex.tx90p

Computation of these percentiles involves use of a boostrap procedure, described below but described in more depth in [Zhang, 2005].
climdex.tn10p

Computation of these percentiles involves use of a boostrap procedure, described below but described in more depth in [Zhang, 2005].
growing.season.length

Flexible GSL function
get.series.lengths.at.ends

Get series length at ends
climdex.tn90p

Computation of these percentiles involves use of a boostrap procedure, described below but described in more depth in [Zhang, 2005].
number.days.op.threshold

Number of days (less than, greater than, etc) a threshold
climdex.rx5day

Monthly Maximum 5-day Consecutive Precipitation
nday.consec.prec.max

Number of days (less than, greater than, etc) a threshold
climdex.su

Summer Days
climdex.tx10p

Computation of these percentiles involves use of a boostrap procedure, described below but described in more depth in [Zhang, 2005].
climdex.txx

Monthly Maximum of Daily Maximum Temperature
climdex.r10mm

Precipitation Exceeding 10mm Per Day
climdexInput.csv

Method for creating climdexInput object from CSV files
spell.length.max

Maximum spell length
climdex.wsdi

Warm Spell Duration Index
get.last.monthday.of.year

Get the last month and day of the year
get.outofbase.quantiles

Method for getting threshold quantiles for use in computing indices
threshold.exceedance.duration.index

Sum of spell lengths exceeding daily threshold
total.precip.op.threshold

Sum of precipitation above a threshold
climdex.tr

Tropical Nights
select.blocks.gt.length

Select blocks of TRUE values of sufficient length.
percent.days.op.threshold

Lengths of strings of TRUE values
climdexInput.raw

Method for creating climdexInput object from vectors of data
ec.1018935

EC example data
climdex.cdd

The spells.can.span.years option specifies whether spells can cross year boundaries -- i.e., span years. The default for this is the same as for fclimdex.
climdex.gsl

Growing Season Length
climdex.fd

Frost Days
climdex.get.available.indices

Get available indices by name
climdex.prcptot

Total Daily Precipitation
climdex.pcic

climdex.pcic, an implementation of the ETCCDI climate change indices.
climdex.id

Icing Days
climdex.cwd

The spells.can.span.years option specifies whether spells can cross year boundaries -- i.e., span years. The default for this is the same as for fclimdex.
climdex.dtr

Mean Diurnal Temperature Range