ET-SCI heatwave family index. Reports the peak magnitude of daily
Tmax across all heatwave days in the year. mode = "excess"
(default) gives the maximum of (Tmax - threshold). mode = "absolute" gives the maximum raw Tmax across heatwave days
(matching Perkins-Alexander 2013). Returns NA for years with
no heatwaves.
Usage
ck_hwa(
tmax,
dates,
ref_start = 1961L,
ref_end = 1990L,
min_spell = 3L,
mode = c("excess", "absolute")
)Arguments
- tmax
Numeric vector of daily maximum temperatures (degrees C).
- dates
Date vector of the same length as
tmax. Must contain data covering the reference period.- ref_start, ref_end
Integer. Reference period boundary years (inclusive). Defaults to 1961 and 1990.
- min_spell
Integer. Minimum spell length in days (default 3, the ET-SCI standard).
- mode
One of
"excess"(default) or"absolute". See details.
Examples
set.seed(1)
dates <- seq(as.Date("1961-01-01"), as.Date("1991-12-31"), by = "day")
tmax <- 15 + 10 * sin(2 * pi * as.integer(format(dates, "%j")) / 365) +
rnorm(length(dates))
tail(ck_hwa(tmax, dates))
#> period value index unit
#> 26 1986-01-01 NA hwa °C
#> 27 1987-01-01 0.7421246 hwa °C
#> 28 1988-01-01 NA hwa °C
#> 29 1989-01-01 NA hwa °C
#> 30 1990-01-01 NA hwa °C
#> 31 1991-01-01 0.7761449 hwa °C