The goal of climateStability is to provide a simple set of
R-based tools to generate climate stability estimates based
on time slices of climate data.
You can install climateStability from github with:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("hannahlowens/climateStability")This is a basic example which shows you how to calculate climate stability using time-slice datasets for two variables:
# First, calculate deviation through time using even time slices
precipDeviation <- deviationThroughTime(variableDirectory = "YOUR_DIRECTORY/precipitationFiles/",
timeSlicePeriod = 1000, fileExtension = "asc");
temperatureDeviation <- deviationThroughTime(variableDirectory = "YOUR_DIRECTORY/temperatureFiles/",
timeSlicePeriod = 1000, fileExtension = "asc");
# Next, calculate stability for each variable (the inverse of deviation, scaled to between 0 and 1)
precipInvDev <- stabilityCalc(precipDeviation);
tempInvDev <- stabilityCalc(temperatureDeviation);
# Finally, multiply them together and rescale to estimate relative climate stability
climateStability <- rescale0to1(precipStability * tempStability)For more information, refer to the vignette.
browseVignettes("climateStability")If you use the package you can cite the article that describes the package:
Owens, H.L., Guralnick, R., 2019. climateStability: An R package to estimate climate stability from time-slice climatologies. Biodiversity Informatics 14, 8–13. https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v14i0.9786
You can also access the citation information through R using the following command:
citation(package = "climateStability")
#>
#> To cite climateStability in publications use:
#>
#> Owens, H.L., Guralnick, R., 2019. climateStability: An R package to
#> estimate climate stability from time-slice climatologies.
#> Biodiversity Informatics 14, 8–13.
#> https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v14i0.9786
#>
#> A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
#>
#> @Article{,
#> title = {climateStability: An R package to estimate climate stability from time-slice climatologies},
#> author = {{Hannah L. Owens} and {Robert Guralnick}},
#> journal = {Biodiversity Informatics},
#> year = {2019},
#> volume = {14},
#> pages = {8-13},
#> doi = {10.17161/bi.v14i0.9786},
#> }