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This repository contains the information used to calculate the schedules for the multi-site precipitation experiment. In includes all original data, R code for fitting the distribution of rainfall and producing the schedules. It also contains the schedules themselves and all diagnostics.
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Calculate the summary statistics for all the schedules #1

Closed aammd closed 9 years ago

aammd commented 9 years ago

We need to calculate some numbers that summarize the variation in rainfall in the experiments. Please reply to this issue with your thoughts and we will make a list of what needs to be done

nacmarino commented 9 years ago

We can use the script we worked on...I already uploaded it to my GitHub repository, together with a script to calculate some summary statistics from the water depth measurements. We can base our work from there, maybe...

farjalla commented 9 years ago

That's a very good point. Some first thoughts:

  1. Total number of days without water
  2. Number of days with water BEFORE final sampling
  3. Number of dry periods (how many times during the experiment the bromeliad dried up)
  4. Temporal variation in the water level (a coefficient of variation)
aammd commented 9 years ago

Sounds good! @nacmarino why don't you copy your script file over into the /site_comparisons folder in this repository (here's a link) then we can all hack away

aammd commented 9 years ago
  1. Number of days with water BEFORE final sampling

@farjalla could you clarify this one?

nacmarino commented 9 years ago

How do I do it?

farjalla commented 9 years ago

Number of days with water BEFORE final sampling. Remember we had to add water before the final sampling (a rain event in the last days)? Some bromeliads might already have water in their tanks before this common rain event but others not. Thus, despite having water in all bromeliads to final sample, the last colonization/succession period for aquatic organisms may vary among plants.

aammd commented 9 years ago

I think we will be continuing this discussion over at Srivastavalab/bwgtools#6