# Spatial Forecast Verification

## Documentation for package ‘SpatialVx’ version 0.5

- DESCRIPTION file.

## Help Pages

A B C D E F G H I L M O P R S U V W

SpatialVx-package | Spatial Forecast Verification

## -- A --

aaft2d | Create Surrogate Fields
abserrloss | Loss functions for the spatial prediction comparison test (SPCT)
ACC | S1 Score, Anomaly Correlation
ACC.default | S1 Score, Anomaly Correlation
ACC.SpatialVx | S1 Score, Anomaly Correlation
Aindex | Area Index
Aindex.default | Area Index
Aindex.SpatialVx | Area Index
ampstats | Forecast Quality Index

## -- B --

bearing | Bearing from One Spatial Location to Another

## -- C --

centdist | Centroid Distance Between Two Identified Objects
centmatch | Merge and/or Match Identified Features Within Two Fields
ci.FeatureTable | Feature-Based Contingency Table
Cindex | Connectivity Index
Cindex.default | Connectivity Index
Cindex.SpatialVx | Connectivity Index
clusterer | Cluster Analysis Verification
clusterer.default | Cluster Analysis Verification
clusterer.SpatialVx | Cluster Analysis Verification
combiner | Combine Features/Matched Objects
compositer | Create Composite Features
compositer.combined | Create Composite Features
compositer.features | Create Composite Features
compositer.matched | Create Composite Features
corrskill | Loss functions for the spatial prediction comparison test (SPCT)
craer | Contiguous Rain Area
CSIsamples | Forecast Verification with Cluster Analysis: The Variation
CSIsamples.default | Forecast Verification with Cluster Analysis: The Variation
CSIsamples.SpatialVx | Forecast Verification with Cluster Analysis: The Variation

## -- D --

deltamm | Merge and/or Match Identified Features Within Two Fields
disjointer | Identify Disjoint Sets of Connected Components
distill.FeatureComps | Analyze Features of a Verification Set
distill.hiw | Spatial Forecast Verification Shape Analysis
distmapfun | Localization Performance Measures
distmaploss | Loss functions for the spatial prediction comparison test (SPCT)
distob | Localization Performance Measures

## -- E --

EBS | Elmore, Baldwin and Schultz Method for Field Significance for Spatial Bias Errors
empiricalVG.lossdiff | Test for Equal Predictive Ability on Average Over a Regularly Gridded Space
ExampleSpatialVxSet | Simulated Spatial Verification Set
expvg | Exponential Variogram
expvgram | Exponential Variogram

## -- F --

FeatureAxis | Major and Minor Axes of a Feature
FeatureComps | Analyze Features of a Verification Set
FeatureFinder | Threshold-based Feature Finder
FeatureMatchAnalyzer | Analyze Features of a Verification Set
FeatureMatchAnalyzer.matched.centmatch | Analyze Features of a Verification Set
FeatureMatchAnalyzer.matched.deltamm | Analyze Features of a Verification Set
FeatureProps | Single Feature Properties
FeatureTable | Feature-Based Contingency Table
fft2d | Create Surrogate Fields
Fint2d | 2-d Interpolation
fisherz | Monte Carlo Degrees of Freedom
flossdiff | Test for Equal Predictive Ability on Average Over a Regularly Gridded Space
FQI | Forecast Quality Index
fss2dfun | Various Verification Statistics on Possibly Neighborhood-Smoothed Fields.
fss2dPlot | Create Several Graphics for List Objects Returned from hoods2d
fuzzyjoint2dfun | Various Verification Statistics on Possibly Neighborhood-Smoothed Fields.

## -- G --

GeoBoxPlot | Geographic Box Plot
geom000 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
geom001 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
geom002 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
geom003 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
geom004 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
geom005 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
GFSNAMfcstEx | Example Verification Set
GFSNAMlocEx | Example Verification Set
GFSNAMobsEx | Example Verification Set
gmm2d | 2-d Gaussian Mixture Models Verification
gmm2d.default | 2-d Gaussian Mixture Models Verification
gmm2d.SpatialVx | 2-d Gaussian Mixture Models Verification
griddedVgram | Variograms for a Gridded Verification Set

## -- H --

hist.OF | Optical Flow Verification
hist.SpatialVx | Spatial Verification Sets - SpatialVx Object
hiw | Spatial Forecast Verification Shape Analysis
hoods2d | Neighborhood Verification Statistics for a Gridded Verification Set.
hoods2dPlot | Quilt Plot and a Matrix Plot.
hump | Simulated Forecast and Verification Fields

## -- I --

ICPg240Locs | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
imomenter | Image Moments
imomenter.im | Image Moments
imomenter.matrix | Image Moments
interester | Feature Interest

## -- L --

locmeasures2d | Binary Image Measures
locmeasures2d.default | Binary Image Measures
locmeasures2d.SpatialVx | Binary Image Measures
locperf | Localization Performance Measures
LocSig | Temporal Block Bootstrap Keeping Locations in Space Constant
lossdiff | Test for Equal Predictive Ability on Average Over a Regularly Gridded Space
lossdiff.default | Test for Equal Predictive Ability on Average Over a Regularly Gridded Space
lossdiff.SpatialVx | Test for Equal Predictive Ability on Average Over a Regularly Gridded Space

## -- M --

mae | Create Surrogate Fields
make.SpatialVx | Spatial Verification Sets - SpatialVx Object
MCdof | Monte Carlo Degrees of Freedom
MergeForce | Force Merges in Matched Feature Objects
metrV | Binary Location Metric Proposed in Zhu et al. (2011)
metrV.default | Binary Location Metric Proposed in Zhu et al. (2011)
metrV.SpatialVx | Binary Location Metric Proposed in Zhu et al. (2011)
Mij | Raw Image Moments.
minboundmatch | Minimum Boundary Separation Feature Matching
MinCvg2dfun | Various Verification Statistics on Possibly Neighborhood-Smoothed Fields.
mowaverify2d | High-Resolution Gridded Forecast Verification Using Discrete Wavelet Decomposition
mowaverify2d.default | High-Resolution Gridded Forecast Verification Using Discrete Wavelet Decomposition
mowaverify2d.SpatialVx | High-Resolution Gridded Forecast Verification Using Discrete Wavelet Decomposition
multicon2dfun | Various Verification Statistics on Possibly Neighborhood-Smoothed Fields.

## -- O --

obs0426 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
obs0513 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
obs0514 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
obs0518 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
obs0519 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
obs0525 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
obs0601 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
obs0603 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
obs0604 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
OF | Optical Flow Verification
OF.default | Optical Flow Verification
OF.SpatialVx | Optical Flow Verification
optflow | Optical Flow

## -- P --

pert000 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
pert001 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
pert002 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
pert003 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
pert004 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
pert005 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
pert006 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
pert007 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
plot.clusterer | Cluster Analysis Verification
plot.composited | Create Composite Features
plot.CSIsamples | Forecast Verification with Cluster Analysis: The Variation
plot.EBS | Elmore, Baldwin and Schultz Method for Field Significance for Spatial Bias Errors
plot.FeatureAxis | Major and Minor Axes of a Feature
plot.FeatureMatchAnalyzer | Analyze Features of a Verification Set
plot.features | Threshold-based Feature Finder
plot.gmm2d | 2-d Gaussian Mixture Models Verification
plot.griddedVgram | Variograms for a Gridded Verification Set
plot.hiw | Spatial Forecast Verification Shape Analysis
plot.hoods2d | Neighborhood Verification Statistics for a Gridded Verification Set.
plot.LocSig | Temporal Block Bootstrap Keeping Locations in Space Constant
plot.lossdiff | Test for Equal Predictive Ability on Average Over a Regularly Gridded Space
plot.matched | Merge and/or Match Identified Features Within Two Fields
plot.OF | Optical Flow Verification
plot.pphindcast2d | Practically Perfect Hindcast Neighborhood Verification Method
plot.rigided | Rigid Transformation
plot.spatbiasFS | Field Significance Method of Elmore et al. (2006)
plot.SpatialVx | Spatial Verification Sets - SpatialVx Object
plot.structurogram | Structure Function for Non-Gridded Spatial Fields.
plot.structurogram.matrix | Structure Function for Gridded Fields
plot.summary.clusterer | Cluster Analysis Verification
plot.summary.CSIsamples | Forecast Verification with Cluster Analysis: The Variation
plot.summary.features | Threshold-based Feature Finder
plot.upscale2d | Upscaling Neighborhood Verification on a 2-d Verification Set
plot.waveIS | Intensity Scale (IS) Verification
plot.wavePurifyVx | Apply Traditional Forecast Verification After Wavelet Denoising
plot.waverify2d | High-Resolution Gridded Forecast Verification Using Discrete Wavelet Decomposition
pphindcast2d | Practically Perfect Hindcast Neighborhood Verification Method
pragmatic2dfun | Various Verification Statistics on Possibly Neighborhood-Smoothed Fields.
predict.flossdiff.expvg | Exponential Variogram
predict.gmm2d | 2-d Gaussian Mixture Models Verification
print.clusterer | Cluster Analysis Verification
print.craered | Contiguous Rain Area
print.CSIsamples | Forecast Verification with Cluster Analysis: The Variation
print.FeatureMatchAnalyzer | Analyze Features of a Verification Set
print.features | Threshold-based Feature Finder
print.FeatureTable | Feature-Based Contingency Table
print.flossdiff.expvg | Exponential Variogram
print.fqi | Forecast Quality Index
print.gmm2d | 2-d Gaussian Mixture Models Verification
print.hiw | Spatial Forecast Verification Shape Analysis
print.hoods2d | Neighborhood Verification Statistics for a Gridded Verification Set.
print.imomented | Image Moments
print.interester | Feature Interest
print.locmeasures2d | Binary Image Measures
print.lossdiff | Test for Equal Predictive Ability on Average Over a Regularly Gridded Space
print.matched | Merge and/or Match Identified Features Within Two Fields
print.metrV | Binary Location Metric Proposed in Zhu et al. (2011)
print.OF | Optical Flow Verification
print.pphindcast2d | Practically Perfect Hindcast Neighborhood Verification Method
print.rigided | Rigid Transformation
print.saller | Feature-based Analysis of a Field (Image)
print.SpatialVx | Spatial Verification Sets - SpatialVx Object
print.upscale2d | Upscaling Neighborhood Verification on a 2-d Verification Set
print.waverify2d | High-Resolution Gridded Forecast Verification Using Discrete Wavelet Decomposition

## -- R --

rigider | Rigid Transformation
rigidTransform | Rigid Transformation

## -- S --

S1 | S1 Score, Anomaly Correlation
S1.default | S1 Score, Anomaly Correlation
S1.SpatialVx | S1 Score, Anomaly Correlation
saller | Feature-based Analysis of a Field (Image)
sig.cor.t | Monte Carlo Degrees of Freedom
sig.cor.Z | Monte Carlo Degrees of Freedom
Sindex | Shape Index
Sindex.default | Shape Index
Sindex.SpatialVx | Shape Index
spatbiasFS | Field Significance Method of Elmore et al. (2006)
SpatialVx | Spatial Forecast Verification
spct | Spatial Prediction Comparison Test
sqerrloss | Loss functions for the spatial prediction comparison test (SPCT)
structurogram | Structure Function for Non-Gridded Spatial Fields.
structurogram.matrix | Structure Function for Gridded Fields
summary.clusterer | Cluster Analysis Verification
summary.CSIsamples | Forecast Verification with Cluster Analysis: The Variation
summary.FeatureAxis | Major and Minor Axes of a Feature
summary.FeatureMatchAnalyzer | Analyze Features of a Verification Set
summary.features | Threshold-based Feature Finder
summary.FeatureTable | Feature-Based Contingency Table
summary.fqi | Forecast Quality Index
summary.gmm2d | 2-d Gaussian Mixture Models Verification
summary.hiw | Spatial Forecast Verification Shape Analysis
summary.interester | Feature Interest
summary.locmeasures2d | Binary Image Measures
summary.lossdiff | Test for Equal Predictive Ability on Average Over a Regularly Gridded Space
summary.matched | Merge and/or Match Identified Features Within Two Fields
summary.OF | Optical Flow Verification
summary.rigided | Rigid Transformation
summary.saller | Feature-based Analysis of a Field (Image)
summary.spatbiasFS | Field Significance Method of Elmore et al. (2006)
summary.SpatialVx | Spatial Verification Sets - SpatialVx Object
summary.waveIS | Intensity Scale (IS) Verification
summary.wavePurifyVx | Apply Traditional Forecast Verification After Wavelet Denoising
surrogater2d | Create Surrogate Fields

## -- U --

UIQI | Forecast Quality Index
UKfcst6 | Example Precipitation Rate Verification Set (NIMROD)
UKloc | Example Precipitation Rate Verification Set (NIMROD)
UKobs6 | Example Precipitation Rate Verification Set (NIMROD)
upscale2d | Upscaling Neighborhood Verification on a 2-d Verification Set
upscale2dfun | Various Verification Statistics on Possibly Neighborhood-Smoothed Fields.
upscale2dPlot | Create Several Graphics for List Objects Returned from hoods2d

## -- V --

vxstats | Some Common Traditional Forecast Verification Statistics.

## -- W --

waveIS | Intensity Scale (IS) Verification
wavePurifyVx | Apply Traditional Forecast Verification After Wavelet Denoising
waverify2d | High-Resolution Gridded Forecast Verification Using Discrete Wavelet Decomposition
waverify2d.default | High-Resolution Gridded Forecast Verification Using Discrete Wavelet Decomposition
waverify2d.SpatialVx | High-Resolution Gridded Forecast Verification Using Discrete Wavelet Decomposition
wrf2caps0425 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf2caps0512 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf2caps0513 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf2caps0517 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf2caps0518 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf2caps0524 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf2caps0531 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf2caps0602 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf2caps0603 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncar0425 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncar0512 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncar0513 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncar0517 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncar0518 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncar0524 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncar0531 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncar0602 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncar0603 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncep0425 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncep0512 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncep0513 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncep0517 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncep0518 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncep0524 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncep0531 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncep0602 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets
wrf4ncep0603 | Spatial Forecast Verification Methods Inter-Comparison Project (ICP) Test Cases and other example verification sets