bioclim_vars {pastclim}R Documentation

Compute bioclimatic variables

Description

Function to compute "bioclimatic" variables from monthly average temperature and precipitation data. For modern data, this variables are generally computed using min and maximum temperature, but for many palaeoclimatic reconstructions only average temperature is available. Most variables, with the exception of BIO02 and BIO03, can be rephrased meaningfully in terms of mean temperature. This function is a modified version of predicts::bcvars.

Usage

bioclim_vars(prec, tavg, ...)

## S4 method for signature 'numeric,numeric'
bioclim_vars(prec, tavg)

## S4 method for signature 'SpatRaster,SpatRaster'
bioclim_vars(prec, tavg, filename = "", ...)

## S4 method for signature 'SpatRasterDataset,SpatRasterDataset'
bioclim_vars(prec, tavg, filename = "", ...)

## S4 method for signature 'matrix,matrix'
bioclim_vars(prec, tavg)

Arguments

prec

monthly precipitation

tavg

monthly average temperatures

...

additional variables for specific methods

filename

filename where the raster can be stored.

Details

The variables are:

These summary Bioclimatic variables are after:

Nix, 1986. A biogeographic analysis of Australian elapid snakes. In: R. Longmore (ed.). Atlas of elapid snakes of Australia. Australian Flora and Fauna Series 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.

and expanded following the ANUCLIM manual

Value

the bioclim variables


[Package pastclim version 2.0.0 Index]