CIGEFI_CLIMDEX

Central American Climate Extreme Trends: a Statistical Analysis of CLIMDEX Indices

This is the code for paper reference (to be updated soon). All authors contributed to the study conception and design. The code was originally written by Marcela Alfaro Córdoba, data and code curated by Natali Mora. The first draft of the manuscript was written by all authors, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Data

Two sets of indices calculated over the Central American Region.

Variable Description
CDD Consecutive Dry Days
CWD Consecutive Wet Days
PRCPTOT Annual Total PRCP in Wet Days (mm)
R10mm Number of Heavy Precipitation Days
R20mm Number of Very Heavy Precipitation Days
R95p Very Wet Days (mm)
R99p Extremely Wet Days (mm)
RX1day Max 1-Day Precipitation Amount (mm)
RX5day Max 5-Day Precipitation Amount (mm)
SDII * Simple Daily Intensity Index (mm/day)
Variable Description
CSDI * Annual Count of Days with at least 6 Consecutive Days when TN < 10th Percentile
DTR Daily Temperature Range
TN10p Percentage of Days when TN < 10th Percentile
TN90p Percentage of Days when TN > 90th Percentile
TNn Minimum Value of Daily Minimum Temperature
TNx Maximum Value of Daily Maximum Temperature
TX10p Percentage of Days when TX < 10th Percentile
TX90p Percentage of Days when TX > 90th Percentile
TXn Minimum Value of Daily Maximum Temperature
TXx Maximum Value of Daily Maximum Temperature
WSDI * Annual Count of Days with at least 6 Consecutive Days when TX > 90th Percentile

SDII, CSDI and WSDI with 0s for all locations and years.

Code:

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Citation:

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