Extracts the annual maximum peaks from a data.frame which has dates in the first column and variable in the second.
Usage
AMextract(x, Plot = TRUE)
Value
a data.frame with columns; WaterYear and AM
Arguments
x
a data.frame with dates (or POSIXct) in the first column and variable in the second
Plot
a logical argument with a default of TRUE. If TRUE the extracted annual maximum is plotted
Author
Anthony Hammond
Details
The peaks are extracted based on the UK hydrological year, which starts October 1st and ends September 30th. If there are partial years (years with missing data) the maximum value may not be the true annual maximum of the year. If there are NAs for full years in the data, an -Inf will be returned for that year.