ffcsaps: Smoothing Spline with User-Specified Rigidity and Frequency...

In dplR: Dendrochronology Program Library in R

Description

Applies a smoothing spline to y with rigidity determined by two parameters: frequency response f at a wavelength of nyrs years.

Usage

ffcsaps(y, x = seq_along(y), nyrs = length(y)/2, f = 0.5)

Arguments

y	a numeric vector, typically a tree-ring series.
x	a numeric vector with the same length as y, typically giving the years of y.
nyrs	a number greater than 1, affecting the rigidity of the spline. When f is kept constant, a larger nyrs produces a more rigid spline. Defaults to length(y)/2.
f	a number between 0 and 1 giving the frequency response at a wavelength of nyrs years. When nyrs is kept constant, a smaller f produces a more rigid spline: At one extreme, f = 0 causes the function to return the least-squares straight line fit to the data. At the other extreme, f = 1 results in the natural spline, i.e. the function outputs y. The default value is 0.5.

Details

This applies a smoothing spline similar to the spline applied in most dendrochronological software. See references for more information. See ‘Examples’ for a pointer to a PDF document including mathematical details about the function.

Value

A filtered vector.

Note

DendroLab website: http://dendrolab.org/

Author(s)

Code provided by DendroLab based on programming by F. Qeadan and F. Biondi, University of Nevada Reno, USA and adapted for dplR by Andy Bunn. Patched and improved by Mikko Korpela.

References

Cook, E. R. and Kairiukstis, L. A., editors (1990) Methods of Dendrochronology: Applications in the Environmental Sciences. Springer. ISBN-13: 978-0-7923-0586-6.

See Also

hanning, detrend

Examples

library(graphics)
library(utils)
docFile <- system.file("doc", "math-dplR.pdf", package="dplR")
cat("See the following PDF for mathematical details:\n")
cat(docFile, sep="\n")
## Not run: 
if (interactive() && requireNamespace("Biobase")) {
    Biobase::openPDF(docFile)
}
## Use series CAM011 from the Campito data set
data(ca533)
series <- ca533[, "CAM011"]
series <- series[!is.na(series)]
plot(series, type = "l", ylab = "Ring Width (mm)", col = "grey")
lines(ffcsaps(series, nyrs = 32), col = "red", lwd = 2)
lines(ffcsaps(series, nyrs = 64), col = "green", lwd = 2)
lines(ffcsaps(series, nyrs = 128), col = "blue", lwd = 2)

## End(Not run)
## Use first series from the Mesa Verde data set
data(co021)
series <- co021[, 1]
series <- series[!is.na(series)]
plot(series, type = "l", ylab = "Ring Width (mm)", col = "grey")
lines(ffcsaps(series, nyrs = 32), col = "red", lwd = 2)
lines(ffcsaps(series, nyrs = 64), col = "green", lwd = 2)
## nyrs defaults to 0.5*length(series) == 347
lines(ffcsaps(series), col = "blue", lwd = 2)
legend("topright",
       c("Series", "nyrs=32", "nyrs=64",
         paste("Default nyrs (", length(series) / 2, ")", sep="")),
       fill=c("grey", "red", "green", "blue"))

dplR documentation built on May 2, 2019, 6:06 p.m.