pci.seasonal: Seasonal Precipitation Concentration Index

In precintcon: Precipitation Intensity, Concentration and Anomaly Analysis

Description

It calculates the Precipitation Concentration Index (PCI) in a seasonal granularity on a daily or monthly precipitation serie.

Usage

pci.seasonal(object, hemisthere)

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 season; and

• pci.seasonal is the seasonal perceptation concentration index.

Author(s)

Lucas Venezian Povoa [e-mail]

Examples

##
# Loading the daily precipitation serie
data(daily)

##
# Calculating the seasonal perceptation concentration index
pci.seasonal(daily, hemisthere = "s")

Example output

Loading required package: ggplot2
Loading required package: scales

Attaching package: 'precintcon'

The following object is masked from 'package:ggplot2':

    stat

    year season pci.seasonal
1   1976 autumn     9.085727
2   1976 winter    10.628120
3   1976 spring     8.338226
4   1976 summer     9.588546
5   1977 autumn    10.143153
6   1977 winter    13.127292
7   1977 spring    10.900936
8   1977 summer    11.606417
9   1978 autumn    13.961296
10  1978 winter    20.711297
11  1978 spring     9.589810
12  1978 summer     9.481700
13  1979 autumn    13.031869
14  1979 winter    12.563916
15  1979 spring     9.191492
16  1979 summer     9.156053
17  1980 autumn    10.522395
18  1980 winter    11.482795
19  1980 spring     8.645754
20  1980 summer     9.125850
21  1981 autumn    14.249322
22  1981 winter    18.666318
23  1981 spring    11.980969
24  1981 summer     8.535517
25  1982 autumn    11.882966
26  1982 winter    11.500108
27  1982 spring    12.196982
28  1982 summer    11.672381
29  1983 autumn     9.582437
30  1983 winter    23.921078
31  1983 spring     8.663192
32  1983 summer    10.213638
33  1984 autumn     9.879747
34  1984 winter    25.000000
35  1984 spring     8.427098
36  1984 summer    10.160062
37  1985 autumn     8.879783
38  1985 winter     9.939401
39  1985 spring    16.904631
40  1985 summer    10.626900
41  1986 autumn     9.011420
42  1986 winter    21.371857
43  1986 spring     9.313561
44  1986 summer     9.169302
45  1987 autumn    13.179351
46  1987 winter    18.255740
47  1987 spring    11.881448
48  1987 summer     8.356296
49  1988 autumn     9.819515
50  1988 winter    25.000000
51  1988 spring    16.092068
52  1988 summer    11.226137
53  1989 autumn    11.412285
54  1989 winter     8.401475
55  1989 spring     9.144553
56  1989 summer    11.133421
57  1990 autumn     8.691848
58  1990 winter     9.850750
59  1990 spring     8.708229
60  1990 summer     8.641377
61  1991 autumn    10.543070
62  1991 winter    14.434792
63  1991 spring     8.909369
64  1991 summer     9.981433
65  1992 autumn     9.229115
66  1992 winter     8.802474
67  1992 spring     9.134063
68  1992 summer     9.175450
69  1993 autumn     8.765322
70  1993 winter    15.616306
71  1993 spring     8.886043
72  1993 summer     9.677491
73  1994 autumn     8.807920
74  1994 winter    19.758708
75  1994 spring    10.918794
76  1994 summer     9.461606
77  1995 autumn     9.138650
78  1995 winter    14.548484
79  1995 spring     9.012414
80  1995 summer    10.451142
81  1996 autumn    13.263688
82  1996 winter    11.156375
83  1996 spring     8.657937
84  1996 summer    10.569705
85  1997 autumn    11.543124
86  1997 winter    20.203806
87  1997 spring    10.245751
88  1997 summer     9.788745
89  1998 autumn     8.805775
90  1998 winter    10.079080
91  1998 spring    10.882151
92  1998 summer     9.017383
93  1999 autumn    10.442758
94  1999 winter    13.763921
95  1999 spring    10.243987
96  1999 summer    10.502473
97  2000 autumn    12.665311
98  2000 winter    10.627380
99  2000 spring     8.799660
100 2000 summer     8.848540
101 2001 autumn    11.194499
102 2001 winter     9.248996
103 2001 spring     8.551456
104 2001 summer    10.429426
105 2002 autumn    16.459456
106 2002 winter    11.114480
107 2002 spring     8.535274
108 2002 summer     8.544440
109 2003 autumn     9.416976
110 2003 winter     8.641200
111 2003 spring     8.334294
112 2003 summer     9.845955
113 2004 autumn    10.090610
114 2004 winter    12.582871
115 2004 spring    11.102530
116 2004 summer    15.863166
117 2005 autumn     9.869214
118 2005 winter    14.120869
119 2005 spring     8.650818
120 2005 summer     9.545487
121 2006 autumn    13.022729
122 2006 winter     8.490289
123 2006 spring     8.564253
124 2006 summer     8.578021
125 2007 autumn     8.450703
126 2007 winter    20.802699
127 2007 spring    17.656538
128 2007 summer     8.334964
129 2008 autumn     9.142120
130 2008 winter    15.575313
131 2008 spring     8.483780
132 2008 summer     9.836584
133 2009 autumn    10.861393
134 2009 winter     9.561882
135 2009 spring     8.519437
136 2009 summer     9.785266
137 2010 autumn    10.786589
138 2010 winter    12.239096
139 2010 spring     9.889128

precintcon documentation built on May 2, 2019, 3:07 p.m.