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Calif_precip: Annual precipitation in California locations

Description

These data are from an article in the journal Geography that illustrates precipitation modeling.

Usage

Calif_precip

Arguments

Format

A data.frame with 30 rows, each a weather station in California

  • station: the name of the station

  • precip average annual precipitation in inches

  • altitude in feet

  • latitude the station's north-south location (degrees North)

  • distance: distance in miles from the coast

  • orientation: related to the rain shadow effect of the mountains. "W" means westward facing (toward the prevailing winds). "L" mean "leeward," that is, facing away from the prevailing winds.