The reference column carries a citation for the indices that have one.
LCR and AMOC are published output and should be cited when used; the NOAA
indices are operational products with no single paper, and credit the provider
instead. Both are printed by the print method.
Usage
index_dictionary()
# S3 method for class 'datamatch_index_dictionary'
print(x, ...)Examples
index_dictionary()
#> Climate indices available by name
#> --------------------------------------------------------------
#> name label units
#> NAO North Atlantic Oscillation standardized anomaly
#> AO Arctic Oscillation standardized anomaly
#> AMO Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation degrees C
#> PDO Pacific Decadal Oscillation standardized anomaly
#> LCR Labrador Current retroflection fraction
#> AMOC Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Sv
#> source
#> NOAA CPC
#> NOAA CPC
#> NOAA PSL
#> NOAA PSL
#> Jutras et al. 2023, Nature Communications
#> RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS array at 26.5N
#>
#> These have no spatial dimension: one value per month, basin-wide.
#>
#> Cite when used:
#> LCR: Jutras M, Dufour CO, Mucci A, Talbot LC (2023) Large-scale control of the retroflection of the Labrador Current. Nature Communications 14:2623. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38321-y
#> AMOC: Moat BI, Smeed DA, Rayner D, Johns WE, Smith R, Volkov D, Elipot S, Petit T, Kajtar J, Baringer MO, Collins J (2026). Atlantic meridional overturning circulation observed by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS array at 26N from 2004 to 2024 (v2024.1a). British Oceanographic Data Centre, NERC, UK. doi:10.5285/48d0bf43-0598-ceb2-e063-7086abc062f1
#>
#> Sources: as.data.frame(index_dictionary())$url