ClimInd (version 0.1-2)

pci: Precipitation Concentration Index

Description

Index to evaluate precipitation heterogeneity at a monthly scale. Values <10 (uniform monthly rainfall distribution); values 11-15 (moderate concentration of precipitation); values 16-20 (irregular distribution); and >20 ((high precipitation concentration)

Usage

pci(data, data_names = NULL, na.rm = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

data

precipitation

data_names

names of each period of time

na.rm

logical. Should missing values (including NaN) be removed?

...

...

Value

PCI

Formula

$$PCI = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^{12} P_i ^ 2} {(P_t) ^ 2} * 100$$

References

Oliver, J.E. (1980) Monthly precipitation distribution: a comparative index. Professional Geographer, 32, 300<U+2013>309

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data(data_all)
pci(data = data_all$rr)
# }