s2dverification (version 2.10.3)

Spread: Computes InterQuartile Range, Maximum-Minimum, Standard Deviation and Median Absolute Deviation of the Ensemble Members

Description

Computes the InterQuartile Range, the Maximum minus Mininum, the Standard Deviation and the Median Absolute Deviation along the list of dimensions provided by the posdim argument (typically along the ensemble member and start date dimension). The confidence interval is optionally computed by bootstrapping.

Usage

Spread(var, posdim = 2, narm = TRUE, siglev = 0.95, conf = TRUE)

Arguments

var

Matrix of any number of dimensions up to 10.

posdim

List of dimensions along which to compute IQR/MaxMin/SD/MAD.

narm

TRUE/FALSE if NA removed/kept for computation. Default = TRUE.

siglev

Confidence level of the computed confidence interval. 0.95 by default.

conf

Whether to compute the confidence intervals or not. TRUE by default.

Value

Matrix with the same dimensions as var except along the first posdim dimension which is replaced by a length 1 or 3 dimension, corresponding to the lower limit of the siglev% confidence interval (only present if conf = TRUE), the spread, and the upper limit of the siglev% confidence interval (only present if conf = TRUE) for each experiment/leadtime/latitude/longitude.

$iqr

InterQuartile Range.

$maxmin

Maximum - Minimum.

$sd

Standard Deviation.

$mad

Median Absolute Deviation.

Details

Example: -------- To compute IQR, Max-Min, SD & MAD accross the members and start dates of var output from Load() or Ano() or Ano_CrossValid(), call: spread(var, posdim = c(2, 3), narm = TRUE)

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Load sample data as in Load() example:
example(Load)
clim <- Clim(sampleData$mod, sampleData$obs)
ano_exp <- Ano(sampleData$mod, clim$clim_exp)
runmean_months <- 12
dim_to_smooth <- 4  # Smooth along lead-times
smooth_ano_exp <- Smoothing(ano_exp, runmean_months, dim_to_smooth)
smooth_ano_exp_m_sub <- smooth_ano_exp - InsertDim(Mean1Dim(smooth_ano_exp, 2, 
                       narm = TRUE), 2, dim(smooth_ano_exp)[2])
spread <- Spread(smooth_ano_exp_m_sub, c(2, 3))
 
# }
# NOT RUN {
PlotVsLTime(spread$iqr, 
           toptitle = "Inter-Quartile Range between ensemble members",
           ytitle = "K", monini = 11, limits = NULL, 
           listexp = c('CMIP5 IC3'), listobs = c('ERSST'), biglab = FALSE, 
           hlines = c(0), fileout = 'tos_iqr.eps')
PlotVsLTime(spread$maxmin, toptitle = "Maximum minus minimum of the members", 
           ytitle = "K", monini = 11, limits = NULL, 
           listexp = c('CMIP5 IC3'), listobs = c('ERSST'), biglab = FALSE, 
           hlines = c(0), fileout = 'tos_maxmin.eps')
PlotVsLTime(spread$sd, toptitle = "Standard deviation of the members", 
           ytitle = "K", monini = 11, limits = NULL, 
           listexp = c('CMIP5 IC3'), listobs = c('ERSST'), biglab = FALSE, 
           hlines = c(0), fileout = 'tos_sd.eps')
PlotVsLTime(spread$mad, toptitle = "Median Absolute Deviation of the members",
           ytitle = "K", monini = 11, limits = NULL, 
           listexp = c('CMIP5 IC3'), listobs = c('ERSST'), biglab = FALSE, 
           hlines = c(0), fileout = 'tos_mad.eps')
 
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }