NileMin: Nile River Minima, yearly 622-1284

In longmemo: Statistics for Long-Memory Processes (Book Jan Beran), and Related Functionality

Description

Yearly minimal water levels of the Nile river for the years 622 to 1281, measured at the Roda gauge near Cairo, (Tousson, p. 366–385).

Usage

data(NileMin)

Format

Time-Series (ts) of length 663.

Source

The original Nile river data supplied by Beran only contained only 500 observations (622 to 1121). However, the book claimed to have 660 observations (622 to 1281). First added the remaining observations from the book by hand, and still came up short with only 653 observations (622 to 1264). Finally have 663 observations : years 622–1284 (as in orig. source)

References

Tousson, O. (1925). Mémoire sur l'Histoire du Nil; Mémoire de l'Institut d'Egypte.

Jan Beran (1994). Dataset no.1, p.20–22.

Examples

data(NileMin)
plot(NileMin, main = "Nile River Minima 622 - 1284")

Example output

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