season: Rainy/dry season

In ralphmp/ecopaR: functions for parasite ecology

Rainy/dry season

Description

Classification of seasons considering rainy and dry seasons.

Usage

season(date, start_rainy = "09-01", start_dry = "05-01")

Arguments

date	date to classify
start_rainy	Date of start rainy season ("month-day"). Default value consider 1st September.
start_dry	Date of start dry season("month-day"). Default value consider 1st May.

Value

Character object classifying the target day as belonging to "dry season" or "rainy season".

References

Wolda, H. 1988. “Insect Seasonality: Why?” Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 19 (1): 1–18. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1146/annurev.es.19.110188.000245")}.

“Köppen Climate Classification”. In Wikipedia, 1st November 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification&oldid=1053095128.

Examples

season("2021-05-23")
season("2020-03-06", start_rainy = "05-22", start_dry = "03-04")

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