make_seasons: Make a list of data frames for months and seasons
In Acanthiza/envFunc: Functions to help with Environmental Science

make_seasons

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Make a list of data frames for months and seasons

Description

Make a list of data frames for months and seasons

Usage

make_seasons(start_year, end_year, seasons = NULL, dec_adjust = 1)

Arguments

`start_year`, `end_year`	Numeric. Year of first and last season
`seasons`	Dataframe mapping each month to a season. Default (`NULL`) will use south hemisphere seasons. Needs columns `mon` (numeric 1:12), `month` (character name to use for months) and `season` (character name of season to use for that month)'
`dec_adjust`	Logical. Adjust the year in which December is used? If `TRUE` (default) December will be included in the following year's first season (i.e. December 1999 will be included in, say, summer 2000)

Value

List with elements itemluseasonsDataframe. Lookup used to translate months to seasons. Equal to seasons if that was provided by seasons argument itemmonthsDataframe for each month from start_year to end_year, including start and end dates itemseasonsDataframe for each season from start_year to end_year, including start and end dates