droughts                package:DAAG                R Documentation

_P_e_r_i_o_d_s _B_e_t_w_e_e_n _R_a_i_n _E_v_e_n_t_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Data collected at Winnipeg International Airport (Canada) on
     periods (in days) between rain events.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     droughts

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     This data frame contains the following columns:

     _l_e_n_g_t_h the length of time from the completion of the last rain
          event to the beginning of the next rain event.

     _y_e_a_r the calendar year.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

       boxplot(length ~ year, data=droughts)
       boxplot(log(length) ~ year, data=droughts)
       hist(droughts$length, main="Winnipeg Droughts", xlab="length (in days)")
       hist(log(droughts$length), main="Winnipeg Droughts", xlab="length (in days, log scale)")

