Detect Extreme Heat Events (Heatwaves) — heatwave

Scans the downloaded data to detect extreme heat events. If no temperature thresholds are provided, will use Environment Canada's definition of an extreme heat event (https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/environmental-indicators/extreme-heat-events.html)

Usage

heatwave_detector(
  db_name = NULL,
  max_threshold = NULL,
  min_threshold = NULL,
  db_dir = "station_data",
  output_dir = "station_data",
  write_csv = FALSE
)

Arguments

db_name: Character: The name of the database
max_threshold: Numeric: Maximum temperature threshold for an extreme heat event
min_threshold: Numeric: Minimum temperature threshold for an extreme heat event
db_dir: Character: The directory of the database, If left unchanged, will default to package's default created directory "station_data".
output_dir: Character: The created download folder and file path. If left unchanged, will create a new "station_data" folder in the working directory.
write_csv: Logical: If TRUE prints a csv copy of the results

Value

Produces a `.html` table and plot output summarizing average daily temperatures and flags extreme heat events based on user input thresholds.