HEAT                package:extRemes                R Documentation

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

     Summer maximum and minimum temperature (degrees Fahrenheit) for
     July through August 1948 through 1990 at Sky Harbor airport in
     Phoenix, Arizona.

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

     data(HEAT)

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

     A data frame with 43 observations on the following 3 variables.

     _Y_e_a_r a numeric vector giving the number of years since 1900.

     _T_m_a_x a numeric vector giving the Summer maximum temperatures in
          degrees Fahrenheit.

     _T_m_i_n a numeric vector giving the Summer minimum temperatures in
          degrees Fahrenheit.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     Data is Summer maximum and minimum temperature for the months of
     July through August from 1948 through 1990.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     U.S. National Weather Service Forecast office at the Phoenix Sky
     Harbor Airport.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Balling, R.C., Jr., Skindlov, J.A. and Phillips, D.H., The impact
     of increasing summer mean temperatures on extreme maximum and
     minimum temperatures in Phoenix, Arizona. Journal of Climate,
     3:1491-1494, 1990.

     Gilleland, Eric and Katz, Richard W. Tutorial for the 'Extremes
     Toolkit: Weather and Climate Applications of Extreme Value
     Statistics.' <URL: http://www.assessment.ucar.edu/toolkit>, 2005.

     Tarleton, Lesley F. and Katz, Richard W., Statistical explanation
     for trends in extreme summer temperatures at Phoenix, A.Z.,
     Journal of Climate, 8 (6):1704-1708, 1995.

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

     data(HEAT)
     str(HEAT)
     plot(HEAT)

