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weathermetrics: Functions to convert between weather metrics
Description
The weathermetics package provides functions to convert between Celsius and Fahrenheit, to convert between dew point temperature and relative humidity, and to calculate heat index.
weathermetrics functions
This package includes the following functions to calculate vectors of
weather metrics: celsius.to.fahrenheit,
fahrenheit.to.celsius,
dewpoint.to.humidity,
humidity.to.dewpoint, and
heat.index.
Author(s)
Brooke Anderson brooke.anderson@colostate.edu, Joshua Ferreri joshua.m.ferreri@gmail.com, Roger Peng rdpeng@gmail.com
References
Anderson GB, Bell ML, Peng RD. 2013. Methods to calculate the heat index as an exposure Metric in environmental health research. Environmental Health Perspectives 121(10):1111-1119.
National Weather Service Hydrometeorological Prediction Center Web Team. Heat Index Calculator. 30 Jan 2015. http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/heatindex.shtml. Accessed 18 Dec 2015.