[R] [FORGED] Re: R code, heat wave statistics

[Rolf Turner]

On 19/07/16 04:58, Christopher W Ryan wrote:

> I think much depends on how you define heat wave.
>
> --Chris Ryan
> Broome County Health Department
> Binghamton, NY USA

Check out:

@Article{Wong:2015:ASA,
   author =       {T. S. T. Wong},
   title =        {Statistical Analysis of Heat Waves in
                  the State of {Victoria} in {Australia}},
   journal =      {Australian \& New Zealand Journal of Statistics},
   volume =       {57},
   pages =        {463--480},
   year =         {2015}
}

for some relevant discussion.

cheers,

Rolf Turner

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>
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 6:16 AM, Damjan / <damjanfaks2015 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dar all,
>>
>> I have a txt file with 4 column data about daily maximum temperature for
>> some years.
>>
>> I need to find the number of heat waves and :
>>
>> Average (+ standard deviation) and maximum duration of the heatwave, · The
>> number of heat waves, · The number of days in the summer heat wave .
>>
>> txt file is like this:
>>
>>   year  month   day   temmax 1879 1 1 7,8 1879 1 2 7,5 1879 1 3 5,6 1879 1
>> 4 6,2 1879 1 5 4 1879 1 6 -0,9 1879 1 7 -3 1879 1 8 -2,6 1879 1 9 -4,6 1879
>> 1 10 -3,2 1879 1 11 -0,4 1879 1 12 3 1879 1 13 1,2 1879 1 14 -1,4 1879 1 15
>> 0 1879 1 16 -2,4 1879 1 17 -3 1879 1 18 0,5 1879 1 19 0,6 1879 1 20 -2,6