patternIndex {clim.pact}R Documentation

Create a Index for a spatial pattern

Description

Create a Index for a spatial pattern identified from a map object, eg link{corField}, link{mapField}, or link{composite.field}. The index is computed using a spatial correlation.

Usage

patternIndex(map,field,anomaly=TRUE)

Arguments

map Map describing spatial structure.
field Field in which the pattern is searched.
anomaly If true, compute and use the anomalies of the given field.

Value

list containing the fields:
index index
yy years
mm months
dd days

Author(s)

R.E. Benestad

Examples

## Not run: 
sst <- retrieve.nc("DNMI_sst.nc")
data(oslo.t2m)
csst <- composite.field(sst,oslo.t2m)
patternIndex(csst,sst,anomaly=FALSE)

lsst<-mapField(sst)
patternIndex(lsst,sst)
## End(Not run)

[Package clim.pact version 2.2-15 Index]