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Enum: Heat-Wave Threshold Definition (HeatWaveThresholdDefinitionEnum)

How the heat-wave threshold is defined. Companion slot heat_wave_threshold_specifier captures the concrete value.

URI: envar:enum/HeatWaveThresholdDefinitionEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
absolute None Absolute threshold value (e
percentile_local None Local-distribution percentile (e
percentile_climatological None Climatological-baseline percentile
nws_heat_advisory_criteria None National Weather Service Heat Advisory criteria
etccdi_warm_spell_duration_index None ETCCDI Warm Spell Duration Index

Slots

Name Description
heat_wave_threshold_definition For heat-wave flags, the definition of the threshold (absolute, percentile-lo...

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

LinkML Source

name: HeatWaveThresholdDefinitionEnum
description: How the heat-wave threshold is defined. Companion slot `heat_wave_threshold_specifier`
  captures the concrete value.
title: Heat-Wave Threshold Definition
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  absolute:
    text: absolute
    description: Absolute threshold value (e.g. 35 °C). Concrete value in `heat_wave_threshold_specifier`.
  percentile_local:
    text: percentile_local
    description: Local-distribution percentile (e.g. 95th percentile of local Tmax
      history). Percentile in `heat_wave_threshold_specifier`.
  percentile_climatological:
    text: percentile_climatological
    description: Climatological-baseline percentile.
  nws_heat_advisory_criteria:
    text: nws_heat_advisory_criteria
    description: National Weather Service Heat Advisory criteria.
  etccdi_warm_spell_duration_index:
    text: etccdi_warm_spell_duration_index
    description: ETCCDI Warm Spell Duration Index.