hdd.th: Heating Degree Days (HDD)

In SantanderMetGroup/climate4R.indices: Climate Index calculation for climate4R data

Heating Degree Days (HDD)

Description

Symmetrical to the Cooling Degree Day index (CDD), the HDD index is used for illustrating energy demand for heating.

Usage

hdd.th(tn, tx, tm, th = 15.5)

Arguments

tn	Matrix or vector with minimum temperature data
tx	Matrix or vector with maximum temperature data
tm	Matrix or vector with mean temperature data
th	Threshold value (Defalut is 15.5º)

Author(s)

M. Iturbide

References

Spinoni, J., Vogt, J., and Barbosa, P. European degree-day climatologies and trends for the period 1951–2011. Int. J. Climatol. 35, 25–36. doi:10.1002/joc.3959.

Spinoni, J., Vogt, J. V, Barbosa, P., Dosio, A., McCormick, N., Bigano, A., et al. Changes of heating and cooling degree-days in Europe from 1981 to 2100. Int. J. Climatol. 38, e191–e208. doi:10.1002/joc.5362.

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