climtrends (version 1.0.6)

BuishandRangeTest: Buishand range absolute homogeneity test

Description

BuishandRangeTest returns the result of the Buishand range test applied to a time series.

Usage

BuishandRangeTest(dataSeries)

Arguments

dataSeries

time series of climate data

Value

The result of the Buishand range test.

Source

Wijngaard, J. B., Klein Tank, A. M. G. and Können, G. P. (2003), Homogeneity of 20th century European daily temperature and precipitation series. Int. J. Climatol., 23: 679–692. doi: 10.1002/joc.906

References

Wijngaard, J. B., Klein Tank, A. M. G. and Können, G. P. (2003), Homogeneity of 20th century European daily temperature and precipitation series. Int. J. Climatol., 23: 679–692. doi: 10.1002/joc.906

Examples

# Buishand range test for Turin 1961-2003
BuishandTurin<- BuishandRangeTest(yearly.average.temperature.Turin.Milan[,2])

# Buishand range test for Milan 1961-2003
BuishandMilan<- BuishandRangeTest(yearly.average.temperature.Turin.Milan[,3])

plot(1961:2003,BuishandTurin,type='l',col='cyan',ylim=c(-2.5,0.5),
main='Buishand range test 1961-2003',xlab='Years',ylab='Buishand value')
par(new=TRUE)
plot(1961:2003,BuishandMilan,type='l',col='magenta',ylim=c(-2.5,0.5),xlab='',ylab='')
legend("top",c('Turin','Milan'),text.col=c('cyan','magenta'))