pci.supraseasonal: Supraseasonal Precipitation Concentration Index

Description

It calculates the supraseasonal precipitation concentration index.

Usage

pci.supraseasonal(object, hemisthere = c("n", "s"))

Arguments

object

is a daily or monthly precipitation serie.

hemisthere

is the hemisthere, "n" for northern and "s" for south, of the precipitation serie.

Value

A data.frame containing the following variables:

year is the year;
season is the meteorological supraseason, wet or dry; and
pci.season is the seasonal perceptation concentration index.

References

M. de Luis, J. C. Gonz\'alez-Hidalgo, M. Brunetti, L. A. Longares (2011). Precipitation concentration changes in Spain 1946-2005. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 5:11, pp. 1259--1265

Examples

Run this code

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# Loading the daily precipitation serie
data(daily)

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# Calculating the supraseasonal precipitation concentration index
pci.supraseasonal(daily, hemisthere = "s")

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