Calculate Season from Date

Calculate Season from Date

Usage

season(
  dates,
  winter = "2012-12-1",
  spring = "2012-3-1",
  summer = "2012-6-1",
  autumn = "2012-9-1",
  output = "numeric"
)

Arguments

dates

List of dates with class of Date

winter

Winter's start date

spring

Spring's start date

summer

Summer's start date

autumn

Autumn's start date

output

Options: numeric, shortname, fullname

Value

List of seasons as numbers based on seasons required for RICT. Broadly the sampling 'seasons' used for routine sampling

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
season <- season(Sys.Date())
} # }