- RClimDex is a library that provides a friendly GUI in R for computing the 27 core indices of extreme climate defined by ETCCDI. It also conducts simple quality control on the input daily data.
- RClimDex requires the base package of R (Version 2.15.2 or later). The installation of R involves a very simple procedure. First, connect to the R project website, then follow the links to download the most recent version of R for your computer operating system from any mirror site of CRAN.
The latest version of RClimDex can be acquire in the release page. Please install RClimDex as a local package in R. RClimDex now depends on the climdex.pcic. With an internet connection, launch R in the same directory as the RClimDex package. Then run the following commands :
> install.packages("climdex.pcic") > install.packages(install.packages("RClimDex-1.9-3.tar.gz", repos=NULL, type="source")
Run the following command to start :
> rclimdex.start()
- Please read the manual.
- Please check the issue page and check if the issue is already reported and its current status.
- If the issue is not reported yet, please kindly submit a new issue, tag the issue as bug and leave it unassigned. Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible and to include your output.
- I am Rodney Chan of Climate Data and Analysis Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada and the current maintainer of RClimDex. You can contact me at rodney.chan@canada.ca