PSM.pdsi.estimate

Estimates PDSI from monthly temperature and precipitation


Syntax



Description

Ye = obj.estimate(X)

Runs the PDSI forward model on monthly temperatures and precipitation extracted from a state vector ensemble. Returns the average PDSI over the set of months selected by the user.


Input Arguments

X

numeric array [24 x nMembers x nEvolving]
The monthly temperatures and precipitations used as inputs to the PDSI PSM. The first 12 rows should be temperatures from January to Decmember (in that order). The last 12 rows are temperatures from January to December (also in that order).

Output Arguments

Ye

numeric matrix [1 x nMembers x nEvolving]
Average PDSI values (or modified PDSI values) over the user-specified season.