WorldMask {HiClimR} | R Documentation |
This data is used for geographic masking by geogMask
function in HiClimR
package.
data(WorldMask)
WorldMask
is a list with two components: info
and mask
.
info
is an (284
rows by 10
columns) matrix. The rows are for
areas or countries while the columns are for codes required by geogMask
.
mask
is an (3601
rows by 1801
columns) matrix with integer
values from 1
to 284
for the areas defined in info
.
This data is used internally by geogMask
function for geographic masking
in HiClimR
package. The user is advised to refer to the function manual for more
details. The world mask is available in 0.1
degree (10
km) resolution. The
info
data provides information for continents, regions, and country codes).
The data are based on the Humanitarian Information Unit (HIU) Large Scale International Boundaries (LSIB) dataset.
Hamada S. Badr, Zaitchik, B. F. and Dezfuli, A. K. (2015): A Tool for Hierarchical Climate Regionalization, Earth Science Informatics, 8(4), 949-958, doi: 10.1007/s12145-015-0221-7.
Hamada S. Badr, Zaitchik, B. F. and Dezfuli, A. K. (2014): Hierarchical Climate Regionalization, Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN), https://cran.r-project.org/package=HiClimR.
LSIB Data: https://hiu.state.gov/data/.
require(HiClimR)
geogMask()