ClimPACT2
2. Getting the software
2.1 Software requirements for ClimPACT2
To run ClimPACT2 the R software package, version 3.0.2 or later, needs to be installed on your operating system.
Note that the Graphical User Interface (GUI) for ClimPACT2 can be run in Windows, Linux and MacOS. However, the calculation of ClimPACT2 indices on netCDF data is only possible in Linux and MacOS. Furthermore, to calculate the ClimPACT2 indices on netCDF data the netcdf program also needs to be installed. This can be done through your operating system's package manager.
2.2 Getting ClimPACT2
The official ClimPACT2 github website is located at https://github.com/ARCCSS-extremes/climpact2/
To get the latest version of ClimPACT2 download and extract the following file to a new directory (https://github.com/ARCCSS-extremes/climpact2/archive/master.zip).
This will create a directory called climpact2-master. In this directory you will see the following files and sub-directories. You can now proceed to using ClimPACT2 in the one of 3 ways it has been designed for; using the GUI for processing single station files, calculating the indices on netCDF data or batch processing multiple station text files at once. These uses are covered in Sections 3, 4 and 5, respectively.
| Table 1. List of ClimPACT2 files and directories | |
| File/directory | Description |
|
ancillary/ climate.indices.csv climpact2.etsci-functions.r |
Index information used by ClimPACT2. Index functions that augments those provided by the climdex.pcic R package. |
| climpact2.batch.stations.r | Script for calculating indices on multiple station text files. See Section 5. |
| climpact2.GUI.r | Script for calling the ClimPACT2 GUI. See Section 3. |
| climpact2.ncdf.thresholds.wrapper.r | Script for calculating index thresholds for netCDF data. See Section 4. |
| climpact2.ncdf.wrapper.r | Script for calculating indices for netCDF data. See Section 4. |
|
installers/ climpact2.batch.installer.r climpact2.ncdf.installer.r |
Script to install R packages required to calculate indices on multiple station text files. See Section 5. Script to install R packages required to calculate indices on netCDF data. See Section 4. |
| LICENSE | License agreement. |
|
pcic_packages/ climdex.pcic.ncdf.climpact.tar.gz ncdf4.helpers_0.3-3.tar.gz |
Altered copy of climdex.pcic.ncdf (developed by PCIC). Required to calculate indices on netCDF data. Additional netCDF functionality for R (developed by PCIC). Required to calculate indices on netCDF data. |
| README.md | Information and instructions for ClimPACT2. |
|
sample_data/ climpact2.sample.batch.metadata.txt climpact2.sampledata.1d.time-series.txt climpact2.sampledata.gridded.1991-2010.nc |
Sample metadata text file for use in calculating indices on multiple station text files. See Section 5. Sample station text file for calculating the indices via the Graphical User Interface (GUI). See Section 3. Sample netCDF file for calculating indices on gridded data. See Section 4. |
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user_guide/ ClimPACT2_user_guide.htm |
This user guide. |