Extract information for block data.
Usage
byBlock(object, blockDuration = "year")
Arguments
- object
An object with class timeMAXdata. This is
mainly a list with two data frame elements called MAXinfo
and MAXdata.
- blockDuration
The duration of the blocks. This is most
generally the default value of one year, but we could aslos use
"2 years" doe instance.
Value
A data frame with one row by block and with the variables
y, yL and yU giving the value of the variable
(if known), a lower bound and an upper bound for the value of the
variable.
Examples
## block maxima style. There should be only one observation by block (year)
M <- timeMAXdata("1961_1980" = list("1961" = 7, "1973" = 40, "1979" = c(3, 30)),
"1930_1960" = list("1940" = c(10, Inf), "1943" = 22),
"1900_1929" = list("1910" = c(14, Inf), "1929" = c(20, 30)))
byBlock <- byBlock(M)