R/US_wildfires.R

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

#' Monthly tallies of wildfires in the US from 2000 to 2022
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#' Records for each month of wildfires in the US.
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#' @usage data(AAUP)
#'
#' @docType data
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#' @format 275 rows, each of which is a month
#' - `date` The year and month in a format that can be easily plotted
#' - `area`: total area burned by the wildfires in that month (acres)
#' - `number`: the number of wildfires in that month
#' - `month`: for convenience, the month (Jan, Feb, ..., Dec) as an ordered factor.


#'
#' @source USGS
"US_wildfires"