hi: Calculation of the heat index.

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Calculation of the heat index.

Description

Calculation of the heat index from temperature and relative humidity.

Usage

hi(tas, hurs)

Arguments

tas	vector of air temperature in degC.
hurs	vector of relative humidity in %.

Details

Formula based on air temperature and relative humidity, as it is calculated in Buzan et al. 2015, but adapted for degrees Celsius.

Value

Heat index in degrees Fahrenheit.

Author(s)

A.Casanueva (22.03.2018).

Examples

## Not run:  
# load the meteorological variables for example data in Salamanca:
data("data_obs") 
heatindex <- hi(data_obs$tasmean, hurs=data_obs$hurs)

## End(Not run)

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