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koi

Kerner Oceanity Index


Description

KOI analysed the oceanity assuming that marine climates have colder spring months in comparison with the autum months.

Usage

koi(data, data_names = NULL, na.rm = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

data

daily mean temperature, Celsius

data_names

names of each period of time

na.rm

logical. Should missing values (including NaN) be removed?

...

further arguments passed to or from other methods

Value

index value

Formula

KOI = \frac {100(TGo-TGa)}{Thm-Tcm}

TGo = Average temperature of October TGa = Average temperature of April Thm = Average temperature of the hottest month (Celsius); Tcm = Average temperature of the coldest month (Celsius)

References

Zambakas J. 1992.General Climatology. Department of Geology,National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens. Gavilan RG. 2005. The use of climatic parameters and indices in vege-tation distribution. A case study in the Spanish System Central.Int. J.Biometeorol.50: 111–120.

Examples

data(data_all)
koi(data = data_all$tg)

ClimInd

Climate Indices

v0.1-3
GPL (>= 3)
Authors
Fergus Reig-Gracia [aut, cre], Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano [aut], Fernando Dominguez-Castro [aut], Joaquin Bedia-Jiménez [ctb]
Initial release
2021-04-09

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