hourly_RH

This function estimates the hourly relative humidity (RH),
using daily temperature and humidity data. Hourly humidity is
estimated with the formula proposed by Waichler and Wigmosta (2003)
which require maximum and minimum values of daily temperature
and relative humidity.

Climate is a critical component limiting growing range of plant species, which
also determines cultivar adaptation to a region. The evaluation of climate influence on
fruit production is critical for decision-making in the design stage of orchards and
vineyards and in the evaluation of the potential consequences of future climate. Bio-
climatic indices and plant phenology are commonly used to describe the suitability of
climate for growing quality fruit and to provide temporal and spatial information about
regarding ongoing and future changes. 'fruclimadapt' streamlines the assessment of
climate adaptation and the identification of potential risks for grapevines and fruit
trees. Procedures in the package allow to i) downscale daily meteorological variables
to hourly values (Forster et al (2016) <doi:10.5194/gmd-9-2315-2016>),
ii) estimate chilling and forcing heat accumulation (Miranda et al (2019)
<https://ec.europa.eu/eip/agriculture/sites/default/files/fg30_mp5_phenology_critical_temperatures.pdf>),
iii) estimate plant phenology (Schwartz (2012) <doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6925-0>), iv)
calculate bioclimatic indices to evaluate fruit tree and grapevine adaptation (e.g. Badr
et al (2017) <doi:10.3354/cr01532>), v) estimate the incidence of weather-related disorders
in fruits (e.g. Snyder and de Melo-Abreu (2005, ISBN:92-5-105328-6) and vi)
estimate plant water requirements (Allen et al (1998, ISBN:92-5-104219-5)).

Carlos Miranda

fruclimadapt

Evaluation Tools for Assessing Climate Adaptation of Fruit Tree
Species

hourly_RH function

<dl><dt>climdata</dt>
<dd>a dataframe with daily temperatures and RH for
each day in a series. Must contain the columns Year, Month, Day,
Tmax, Tmin, RHmax (daily maximum relative humidity) and RHmin
(minimum daily relative humidity).</dd>
<dt>lat</dt>
<dd>the latitude of the site, in decimal degrees.</dd></dl>

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Carlos Miranda, <a href="/link/carlos.miranda%40unavarra.es?package=fruclimadapt&version=0.4.5" data-mini-rdoc="fruclimadapt::carlos.miranda@unavarra.es">carlos.miranda@unavarra.es</a>

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Estimation of the hourly relative humidity on a daily series — hourly_RH

<dl>

<dt>climdata</dt>
<dd>a dataframe with daily temperatures and RH for
each day in a series. Must contain the columns Year, Month, Day,
Tmax, Tmin, RHmax (daily maximum relative humidity) and RHmin
(minimum daily relative humidity).</dd>


<dt>lat</dt>
<dd>the latitude of the site, in decimal degrees.</dd>

</dl>

Carlos Miranda, <a href='mailto:carlos.miranda@unavarra.es'>carlos.miranda@unavarra.es</a>

hourly_RH: Estimation of the hourly relative humidity on a daily series

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