R/Monocacy_river.R

In LSTbook: Data and Software for "Lessons in Statistical Thinking"

#' Data on run-off from the Monocacy river at Jug Bridge, Maryland.
#'
#' When it rains, some of the water is absorbed into the ground or quickly evaporates.
#' Some of the water runs off (the "runoff") and is collected by streams and rivers.
#' These data, from a 1964 reference on water resource management,
#' were measured after 25 storms in the basin of the Monocacy River at
#' Jug Bridge, Maryland, US.
#'
#'
#'  YOU WERER HERE, COPYING from the Rd file in man/
#'
#' @docType data
#'
#'
#' @format A data.frame with 25 observations on the following 2 variables'
#' - `precipitation`: amount of rain in inches
#' - `runoff` runoff in inches
#'
#' @keywords datasets
#'
#' @source "Probability Concepts in Engineering" A H-S Ang and W H Tang, 2007, John Wiley based on
#' R.K. Linsley and J.B. Franzini (1964) *Water Resources Engineering* McGraw-Hill, p.68
"Monocacy_river"