climdex.ddwest: Westerly winds

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climdex.ddwestR Documentation

Westerly winds

Description

This function computes the climdex index DDwest: Days with westerly wind (225deg < wind_dir <= 315deg).

Usage

climdex.ddwest(ci, freq = c("annual", "halfyear", "seasonal", "monthly"))

Arguments

ci

Object of type climdexInput (representing the daily mean wind direction in [deg] with 270deg being wind from west)

freq

Time frequency to aggregate to. Allowed are: "annual","halfyear", "seasonal" or "monthly". Default: "annual".

Value

A vector containing the time series of days with westerly winds.

Author(s)

Rebekka Posselt (MeteoSwiss)

References

http://www.ecad.eu/indicesextremes/indicesdictionary.php


ECA-D/climind documentation built on Nov. 26, 2022, 10:20 a.m.