getRunTimeDomain.decadal: Run time definition according to the time specifications in...

In SantanderMetGroup/loadeR: A climate4R package for data access <http://meteo.unican.es/climate4r>

Run time definition according to the time specifications in decadal forecasts

Description

Define index positions of runtimes in decadal forecasts. Its output is passed to the loading functions (the makeSubset\.* and derive* interfaces).

Usage

getRunTimeDomain.decadal(dataset, grid, members, season, years)

Arguments

dataset	Target hindcast dataset
grid	A java “GeoGrid” containing the target(leading) variable
members	Member selection
season	Season selection
years	Years selected

Details

The function calls to specific subroutines for CFS or System4 requests, given their different runtime configurations. The function also takes care of selecting the appropriate initialization in the case of year-crossing seasons

Value

A list of parameters:

• validMonth An integer in the range [1,12] indicating the month to take the initialization

• years A vector of years selected

• season Season

• year.cross An auxiliary integer value thet indicates the position of year-crossing within the season vector. NULL if no year-crossing season has been chosen.

• runDates a POSIXlt vector of initialization dates

• runTimeRanges a list of of initialization times of the java class “ucar.ma2.ranges”.

Author(s)

J. Bedia, S. Herrera

SantanderMetGroup/loadeR documentation built on June 7, 2024, 8:16 p.m.