calc_distance: Calculate different distance metrics

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calc_distanceR Documentation

Calculate different distance metrics

Description

Calculates either the Mahalanobis distance or Standardized Euclidean Distance between baseline (historical) and comparison (future) climates

Usage

calc_distance(baseline, comparison, dist.metric = c("mahalanobis", "sed"))

Arguments

baseline

a matrix containing variables for the baseline period

comparison

a matrix containing variables for the comparison period

dist.metric

a character vector indicating if Mahalanobis ("mahalanobis") or SED ("sed") should be calculated

Value

a matrix of distance measures for the comparison period


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