On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Wesley Roberts <wrobe...@csir.co.za> wrote:
> Dear R users,
>
>
> I am currently working in subsetting a zooreg() object using either window or
> subset. I have a solution but it may be a bit cumbersome when I start working
> with actual data. Your inputs would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Example: I have a zooreg() object that starts in 1997 and ends in 2001. This
> object contains daily data for the 4 years
>
> aa<-zooreg(1:1825,start=as.Date("1997-01-01"))
>
> My aim is to subset the data according to seasons (Southern Hemisphere) for
> continuous years: December - January - February (DJF-Summer: 1997-2001),
> March - April - May (MAM-Autumn: 1997-2001), June - July - August
> (JJA-Winter: 1997-2001), September - October - November (SON-Spring:
> 1997-2001) thereby analysing the seasons data only for all years. The example
> below is only for DJF but I would like to replicate the analysis for each
> season.
>
> My solution so far uses subset to select the monthly data for each year and
> then rbind() the results.
>
> bb <- subset(aa,
> index(aa)>=as.Date("1998-12-01")&index(aa)<=as.Date("1999-02-28"))
> cc <- subset(aa,
> index(aa)>=as.Date("1999-12-01")&index(aa)<=as.Date("2000-02-28"))
> dd <- subset(aa,
> index(aa)>=as.Date("2000-12-01")&index(aa)<=as.Date("2001-02-28"))
>
> ee<- rbind(bb,cc,dd)
>
> The method above appears to do the job just fine except that I have around 30
> locations (catchments) each with varying data availability and some with over
> 20 years worth of data. Ideally I would like to combine the second set of
> commands into a single command where I specify the start and end year and the
> months that I am interested in.
>
This gives the season (1 = djf, 2 = mam, 3 = jja, 5 = son):
seas <- as.numeric(format(as.yearqtr(as.yearmon(time(aa)) + 1/12), "%q"))
and this picks out djf:
aa[seas == 1]
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