hw_datafr: Example of heat wave characteristics dataset

Description

This dataset provides an example of the structure of the dataframe of heat waves and their characteristics, as created by gen_hw_set. This example dataset can be used in developing custom functions to use with apply_all_models.

Usage

hw_datafr

Arguments

format

A dataframe with 45 rows and 23 columns. The variables are:

hw.number: A sequential number identifying each heat wave in a city;
mean.temp: Average daily temperature across all days in the heat wave, in degrees Fahrenheit;
max.temp: Highest daily temperature across days in the heat wave, in degrees Fahrenheit;
min.temp: Lowest daily temperature across days in the heat wave, in degrees Fahrenheit
length: Number of days in the heat wave;
start.date: Date of the first day of the heat wave;
end.date: Date of the last day of the heat wave;
start.doy: Day of the year of the first day of the heat wave (1 = Jan. 1, etc.);
start.month: Month in which the heat wave started (1 = January, etc.);
days.above.80: Number of days in the heat wave above 80 degrees Fahrenheit;
days.above.85: Number of days in the heat wave above 85 degrees Fahrenheit;
days.above.90: Number of days in the heat wave above 90 degrees Fahrenheit;
days.above.95: Number of days in the heat wave above 90 degrees Fahrenheit;
days.above.99th: Number of days in the heat wave above the 99th percentile temperature for the city, using the period specified by the user with thereferenceBoundariesargument ingen_hw_setas a reference for determining these percentiles;
days.above.99.5th: Number of days in the heat wave above the 99.5th percentile temperature for the city, using the period specified by the user with thereferenceBoundariesargument ingen_hw_setas a reference for determining these percentiles;
first.in.season: Whether the heat wave was the first to occur in its calendar year (Note: this characteristic is likely not useful in southern hemisphere studies.);
threshold.temp: The temperature used as the threshold for the heat wave definition in the city;
mean.temp.quantile: The percentile of the average daily mean temperature during the heat wave compared to the city's year-round temperature distribution, based on the temperatures for the city during the period specified by thereferenceBoundariesargument ingen_hw_set;
max.temp.quantile: The percentile of the highest daily mean temperature during the heat wave compared to the city's year-round temperature distribution;
min.temp.quantile: The percentile of the lowest daily mean temperature during the heat wave compared to the city's year-round temperature distribution;
mean.temp.1: The city's average year-round temperature, based on the temperatures for the city during the period specified by thereferenceBoundariesargument ingen_hw_set;
mean.summer.temp: The city's average May--September temperature, based on the temperatures for the city during the period specified by thereferenceBoundariesargument ingen_hw_set; and
city: The identifier for the city, as given in the file specified in thecitycsvargument ofgen_hw_set.