Scientific Regions¶
The following regions, used in the scientific literature, are already defined:
Giorgi Regions (from Giorgi and Franciso, 2000)
SREX Regions (Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) from Seneviratne et al., 2012)
The following imports are necessary for the examples.
In [1]: import regionmask
In [2]: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
Giorgi Regions¶
In [3]: regionmask.defined_regions.giorgi.plot(label='abbrev');
In [4]: plt.tight_layout()
SREX Regions¶
In [5]: regionmask.defined_regions.srex.plot();
In [6]: plt.tight_layout()
References¶
Giorgi and Franciso, 2000: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/1999GL011016
Seneviratne et al., 2012: https://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/special-reports/srex/SREX-Ch3-Supplement_FINAL.pdf