#'Compute the Mean Bias #' #'The Mean Bias or Mean Error (Wilks, 2011) is defined as the mean difference #'between the ensemble mean forecast and the observations. It is a deterministic #'metric. Positive values indicate that the forecasts are on average too high #'and negative values indicate that the forecasts are on average too low. #'It also allows to compute the Absolute Mean Bias. #' #'@param exp A named numerical array of the forecast with at least time #' dimension. #'@param obs A named numerical array of the observation with at least time #' dimension. The dimensions must be the same as 'exp' except 'memb_dim' and #' 'dat_dim'. #'@param time_dim A character string indicating the name of the time dimension. #' The default value is 'sdate'. #'@param dat_dim A character string indicating the name of dataset dimension. #' The length of this dimension can be different between 'exp' and 'obs'. #' The default value is NULL. #'@param memb_dim A character string indicating the name of the member dimension #' to compute the ensemble mean; it should be set to NULL if the parameter #' 'exp' is already the ensemble mean. The default value is NULL. #'@param na.rm A logical value indicating if NAs should be removed (TRUE) or #' kept (FALSE) for computation. The default value is FALSE. #'@param absolute A logical value indicating whether to compute the absolute #' bias. The default value is FALSE. #'@param time_dim A logical value indicating whether to compute the temporal #' mean of the bias. The default value is TRUE. #'@param ncores An integer indicating the number of cores to use for parallel #' computation. The default value is NULL. #' #'@return #'A numerical array of bias with dimensions nexp, nobs and the rest dimensions #'of 'exp' except 'time_dim' (if time_mean = T). nexp is the number of #'experiment (i.e., 'dat_dim' in exp), and nobs is the number of observation #'(i.e., 'dat_dim' in obs). If dat_dim is NULL, nexp and nobs are omitted. #' #'@references #'Wilks, 2011; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-385022-5.00008-7 #' #'@examples #'exp <- array(rnorm(1000), dim = c(dat = 1, lat = 3, lon = 5, member = 10, sdate = 50)) #'obs <- array(rnorm(1000), dim = c(dat = 1, lat = 3, lon = 5, sdate = 50)) #'bias <- Bias(exp = exp, obs = obs, memb_dim = 'member') #' #'@import multiApply #'@importFrom ClimProjDiags Subset #'@export Bias <- function(exp, obs, time_dim = 'sdate', memb_dim = NULL, dat_dim = NULL, na.rm = FALSE, absolute = FALSE, time_mean = TRUE, ncores = NULL) { # Check inputs ## exp and obs (1) if (!is.array(exp) | !is.numeric(exp)) stop("Parameter 'exp' must be a numeric array.") if (!is.array(obs) | !is.numeric(obs)) stop("Parameter 'obs' must be a numeric array.") if(any(is.null(names(dim(exp))))| any(nchar(names(dim(exp))) == 0) | any(is.null(names(dim(obs))))| any(nchar(names(dim(obs))) == 0)) { stop("Parameter 'exp' and 'obs' must have dimension names.") } ## time_dim if (!is.character(time_dim) | length(time_dim) != 1) stop("Parameter 'time_dim' must be a character string.") if (!time_dim %in% names(dim(exp)) | !time_dim %in% names(dim(obs))) { stop("Parameter 'time_dim' is not found in 'exp' or 'obs' dimension.") } ## memb_dim if (!is.null(memb_dim)) { if (!is.character(memb_dim) | length(memb_dim) > 1) { stop("Parameter 'memb_dim' must be a character string.") } if (!memb_dim %in% names(dim(exp))) { stop("Parameter 'memb_dim' is not found in 'exp' dimension.") } if (memb_dim %in% names(dim(obs))) { if (identical(as.numeric(dim(obs)[memb_dim]), 1)) { obs <- ClimProjDiags::Subset(x = obs, along = memb_dim, indices = 1, drop = 'selected') } else { stop("Not implemented for observations with members ('obs' can have 'memb_dim', ", "but it should be of length = 1).") } } } ## dat_dim if (!is.null(dat_dim)) { if (!is.character(dat_dim) | length(dat_dim) > 1) { stop("Parameter 'dat_dim' must be a character string.") } if (!dat_dim %in% names(dim(exp)) | !dat_dim %in% names(dim(obs))) { stop("Parameter 'dat_dim' is not found in 'exp' or 'obs' dimension.", " Set it as NULL if there is no dataset dimension.") } } ## exp and obs (2) name_exp <- sort(names(dim(exp))) name_obs <- sort(names(dim(obs))) if (!is.null(memb_dim)) { name_exp <- name_exp[-which(name_exp == memb_dim)] } if (!is.null(dat_dim)) { name_exp <- name_exp[-which(name_exp == dat_dim)] name_obs <- name_obs[-which(name_obs == dat_dim)] } if (!identical(length(name_exp), length(name_obs)) | !identical(dim(exp)[name_exp], dim(obs)[name_obs])) { stop(paste0("Parameter 'exp' and 'obs' must have same length of ", "all dimensions except 'memb_dim' and 'dat_dim'.")) } ## na.rm if (!is.logical(na.rm) | length(na.rm) > 1) { stop("Parameter 'na.rm' must be one logical value.") } ## absolute if (!is.logical(absolute) | length(absolute) > 1) { stop("Parameter 'absolute' must be one logical value.") } ## time_mean if (!is.logical(time_mean) | length(time_mean) > 1) { stop("Parameter 'time_mean' must be one logical value.") } ## ncores if (!is.null(ncores)) { if (!is.numeric(ncores) | ncores %% 1 != 0 | ncores <= 0 | length(ncores) > 1) { stop("Parameter 'ncores' must be either NULL or a positive integer.") } } ############################### ## Ensemble mean if (!is.null(memb_dim)) { exp <- MeanDims(exp, memb_dim, na.rm = na.rm) } ## (Mean) Bias bias <- Apply(data = list(exp, obs), target_dims = c(time_dim, dat_dim), fun = .Bias, time_dim = time_dim, dat_dim = dat_dim, na.rm = na.rm, absolute = absolute, time_mean = time_mean, ncores = ncores)$output1 return(bias) } .Bias <- function(exp, obs, time_dim = 'sdate', dat_dim = NULL, na.rm = FALSE, absolute = FALSE, time_mean = TRUE) { if (is.null(dat_dim)) { bias <- exp - obs if (isTRUE(absolute)){ bias <- abs(bias) } if (isTRUE(time_mean)){ bias <- mean(bias, na.rm = na.rm) } } else { nexp <- as.numeric(dim(exp)[dat_dim]) nobs <- as.numeric(dim(obs)[dat_dim]) bias <- array(dim = c(dim(exp)[1], nexp = nexp, nobs = nobs)) for (i in 1:nexp) { for (j in 1:nobs) { exp_data <- exp[ , i] obs_data <- obs[ , j] if (is.null(dim(exp_data))) dim(exp_data) <- c(dim(exp)[1]) if (is.null(dim(obs_data))) dim(obs_data) <- c(dim(obs)[1]) bias[ , i, j] <- exp_data - obs_data } } if (isTRUE(absolute)){ bias <- abs(bias) } if (isTRUE(time_mean)){ bias <- MeanDims(bias, time_dim, na.rm = na.rm) } } return(bias) }