rain: Ternary precipitation forecast data set

rainR Documentation

Ternary precipitation forecast data set

Description

An array of monthly seasonal precipitation forecasts and observations over South America, covering 25 years.

Usage

data(rain)

Format

A list containing 7 objects

rain$lats a vector of 35 latitudes

rain$lons a vector of 27 longitudes

rain$obs array of ternary observations

rain$preds array of ternary forecast probabilities

rain$rel array of reliabilities

rain$res array of resolutions

rain$q array of climatologies

Source

Data from Caio Coelho at http://eurobrisa.cptec.inpe.br/.

Examples

data(rain)

ilon <- 5 # pick a longitude
ilat <- 6 # pick a latitude
iyr  <- 17 # pick a year (in the range 1:25)

rain$lons[ilon]                # the longitude
rain$lats[ilat]                # the latitude
rain$pred[ilon,ilat,iyr,] # the ternary forecast
rain$obs[ilon,ilat,iyr,]  # the ternary observation


ternvis documentation built on April 12, 2025, 1:47 a.m.