Spring Phenological Indices
Spring Index Calculator
Chill Date Calculator
Chill Hours Calculator
Damage Index Calculator
Daylength Calculator
False Spring Indicators
Freeze Date Calculator
False Spring Exposure Index
Growing Degree Hours Calculator
Latitude
Leaf Index Calculator
Solar Declination Determination
Synoptic Event Identifier
Daily High Temperature data
Daily Low Temperature data
Years of the Data
Computes the extended spring indices (SI-x) and false spring exposure indices (FSEI). The SI-x indices are standard indices used for analysis in spring phenology studies. In addition, the FSEI is also from research on the climatology of false springs and adjusted to include an early and late false spring exposure index. The indices include the first leaf index, first bloom index, and false spring exposure indices, along with all calculations for all functions needed to calculate each index. The main function returns all indices, but each function can also be run separately. Allstadt et al. (2015) <doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/10/104008> Ault et al. (2015) <doi: 10.1016/j.cageo.2015.06.015> Peterson and Abatzoglou (2014) <doi: 10.1002/2014GL059266> Schwarz et al. (2006) <doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.01097.x> Schwarz et al. (2013) <doi: 10.1002/joc.3625>.