absLatitudinalMean {climateStability}R Documentation

absLatitudinalMean

Description

A function to calculate mean values of a raster at the absolute value of latitude, at the resolution of a given raster layer.

Usage

absLatitudinalMean(rasterForCalculation)

Arguments

rasterForCalculation

A raster that contains data for plotting according to latitudinal value

Value

A vector of mean raster values for each absolute value of latitude.

References

Owens, HL, and RP Guralnick. Submitted, Biodiversity Informatics.

See Also

latitudinalMean for calculating mean values of rasters for all latitudinal bands.

Examples


data(precipDeviation);
precipStability <- 1/precipDeviation;
alm <- absLatitudinalMean(rasterForCalculation = precipStability);
plot(alm, main = "Precipitation Stability by Absolute Latitude",
ylab = "Relative Stability", type = "l");


[Package climateStability version 0.1.1 Index]