ClimInd (version 0.1-2)

tci: Tourism Climatic Index

Description

Standard index computed by ECA&D; Described at Miezkowski (1985), conceptual formula: TCI = 4cid + cia + 2R + 2S + W, where CId is a daytime comfort index, CIa a daily comfort index, R is cumulated rainfall, S the daily sunshine hours and W wind speed Represents a quantitative evaluation of world climate for the purposes of tourism and is a composite measure of the climatic well-being of tourists. TCI = 4cid + cia + 2R + 2S + W, where CId is a daytime comfort index, CIa a daily comfort index, R is cumulated rainfall, S the daily sunshine hours and W wind speed

Usage

tci(data, sunshine, w, data_names = NULL, time.scale = YEAR,
  na.rm = FALSE)

Arguments

data

precipitation

sunshine

net radiation

w

average wind

data_names

names of each period of time

time.scale

month, season or year

na.rm

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

Value

TCI

References

Mieczkowski, Z. (1985). The tourism climatic index: a method of evaluating world climates for tourism. The Canadian Geographer/Le G<U+00E9>ographe canadien, 29(3), 220-233.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
data(data_all)
tci(data=data_all$rr, sunshine=radiation.value, w=w.value)
# }