dplR (version 1.7.6)

sens2: Calculate Mean Sensitivity on Series with a Trend

Description

This function calculates mean sensitivity of a raw or detrended ring-width series.

Usage

sens2(x)

Value

the mean sensitivity.

Arguments

x

a numeric vector containing the series

Author

Mikko Korpela, based on original by Andy Bunn

Details

This calculates mean sensitivity according to Eq. 2 in Biondi and Qeadan (2008). This is a measure of sensitivity in dendrochronology that is typically used in the presence of a trend. However, note that mean sensitivity is not a robust statistic and should rarely, if ever, be used (Bunn et al. 2013).

References

Biondi, F. and Qeadan, F. (2008) Inequality in Paleorecords. Ecology, 89(4), 1056–1067.

Bunn, A. G., Jansma, E., Korpela, M., Westfall, R. D., and Baldwin, J. (2013) Using simulations and data to evaluate mean sensitivity (\(\zeta\)) as a useful statistic in dendrochronology. Dendrochronologia, 31(3), 250–254.

See Also

sens1, rwl.stats

Examples

library(utils)
data(ca533)
ca533.rwi <- detrend(rwl = ca533, method = "ModNegExp")
sens2(ca533.rwi[, 1])