RhineLevel: Water Level of Rhine

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Description

Water level of the river Rhine in Basel and Rheinfelden (Aargau).

Usage

data("RhineLevel")

Format

A monthly multiple time series from 1989 to 2015 with 3 missing years.

bs.max

Highest level in month measured in Basel,

bs.min

Lowest level in month measured in Basel,

bs.avg

Average level in month measured in Basel,

rh.max

Highest level in month measured in Rheinfelden (Aargau),

rh.min

Lowest level in month measured in Rheinfelden (Aargau),

rh.avg

Average level in month measured in Rheinfelden (Aargau).

Details

The water level in Basel is measured in centimeters above the horizon at 240 meters above sea level, whereas the water level in Rheinfelden (Aargau) is measured in centimeters above the horizon at 260 meters above sea level. The time series for Rheinfelden (Aargau) start in year 1989, those for Basel in year 1993.

Source

Bureau of Statistics of the canton of Basel-Stadt, Basel, Switzerland:

http://www.statistik.bs.ch/zahlen/tabellen/2-raum-landschaft-umwelt.html (accessed 2019-01-25)

Examples

data(RhineLevel)
plot(RhineLevel)

CKdata documentation built on May 2, 2019, 4:51 p.m.