\name{Corr}
\alias{Corr}
\alias{.Corr}
\title{
Computes the correlation coefficient between an array of forecasts and their corresponding observations.
}
\description{

Calculates the correlation coefficient (Pearson, Kendall or Spearman) for an array of forecasts and observations. The input should be an array with dimensions c(no. of datasets, no. of start dates, no. of forecast times, no. of lons, no. of lats.), where the longitude and latitude dimensions are optional. The correlations are computed along the poscor dimension which should correspond to the startdate dimension. If compROW is given, the correlations are computed only if rows along the compROW dimension are complete between limits[1] and limits[2], i.e. there are no NAs between limits[1] and limits[2]. This option can be activated if the user wishes to account only for the forecasts for which observations are available at all leadtimes. \cr Default: limits[1] = 1 and limits[2] = length(compROW dimension).\cr The confidence interval is computed by a Fisher transformation.\cr The significance level relies on a one-sided student-T distribution.\cr We can modifiy the treshold of the test modifying siglev (default value=0.95). \cr
\cr 
.Corr calculates the correlation between the ensemble mean and the observations, using an N by M matrix (ens) of forecasts and a vector of observations (obs) as input.
}
\usage{
Corr(var_exp, var_obs, posloop = 1, poscor = 2, compROW = NULL,      
     limits = NULL, siglev = 0.95, method = 'pearson',      
     conf = TRUE, pval = TRUE) 

.Corr(ens, obs, siglev = 0.95, 
      method = 'pearson', conf = TRUE, pval = TRUE)
}
\arguments{
  \item{var_exp}{ 
Array of experimental data. 
  }   
  
  \item{var_obs}{ 
Array of observational data, same dimensions as var_exp except along posloop dimension, where the length can be nobs instead of nexp. 
  }   
   \item{ens}{
N by M matrix of N forecasts from M ensemble members.
  }
  \item{obs}{
Vector of the corresponding observations of length N.
  }
  \item{posloop}{ 
Dimension nobs and nexp.  
  }  
  \item{poscor}{ 
Dimension along which correlation are to be computed (the dimension of the start dates). 
  }  
  \item{compROW}{ 
Data taken into account only if (compROW)th row is complete.\cr Default = NULL.
  }   
  \item{limits}{ 
Complete between limits[1] & limits[2]. Default = NULL. 
  }
  \item{siglev}{
Significance level. Default = 0.95.
  }
  \item{method}{
Type of correlation: 'pearson', 'spearman' or 'kendall'. Default='pearson'
  }
  \item{conf}{
Whether to compute confidence intervals (default = 'TRUE') or not (FALSE).
  }
  \item{pval}{
Whether to compute statistical significance p-value (default = 'TRUE') or not (FALSE).
  }
}

 \value{ Corr: Array with dimensions :\cr c(# of datasets along posloop in var_exp, # of datasets along posloop in var_obs, 4, all other dimensions of var_exp & var_obs except poscor).\cr 
The third dimension, of length 4 maximum, contains to the lower limit of the 95\% confidence interval, the correlation, the upper limit of the 95\% confidence interval and the 95\% significance level given by a one-sided T-test. If the p-value is disabled via \code{pval = FALSE}, this dimension will be of length 3. If the confidence intervals are disabled via \code{conf = FALSE}, this dimension will be of length 2. If both are disabled, this will be of length 2. \cr

.Corr:
 \item{$corr}{
The correlation statistic. 
  }
 \item{$p.val}{
Corresponds to the p values for the \code{siglev}\%  (only present if \code{pval = TRUE}) for the correlation.
  } 
  \item{$conf_low}{
Corresponds to the upper limit of the \code{siglev}\%  (only present if \code{conf = TRUE}) for the correlation.
  } 
  \item{$conf_high}{
Corresponds to the lower limit of the \code{siglev}\%  (only present if \code{conf = TRUE}) for the correlation.
  } 
} 
 \examples{ # Load sample data as in Load() example: 
example(Load) 
 clim <- Clim(sampleData$mod, sampleData$obs) 
 ano_exp <- Ano(sampleData$mod, clim$clim_exp) 
 ano_obs <- Ano(sampleData$obs, clim$clim_obs) 
 runmean_months <- 12 
 dim_to_smooth <- 4  
 # Smooth along lead-times   
 smooth_ano_exp <- Smoothing(ano_exp, runmean_months, dim_to_smooth) 
 smooth_ano_obs <- Smoothing(ano_obs, runmean_months, dim_to_smooth) 
 dim_to_mean <- 2  # Mean along members 
 required_complete_row <- 3  # Discard start dates  which contain any NA lead-times 
 leadtimes_per_startdate <- 60 
 corr <- Corr(Mean1Dim(smooth_ano_exp, dim_to_mean),              
              Mean1Dim(smooth_ano_obs, dim_to_mean),              
              compROW = required_complete_row,              
              limits = c(ceiling((runmean_months + 1) / 2),                         
              leadtimes_per_startdate - floor(runmean_months / 2))) 
 PlotVsLTime(corr, toptitle = "correlations", ytitle = "correlation",             
             monini = 11, limits = c(-1, 2), listexp = c('CMIP5 IC3'),
             listobs = c('ERSST'), biglab = FALSE, hlines = c(-1, 0, 1),
             fileout = 'tos_cor.eps') }
             
\author{
History:\cr
0.1  -  2011-04  (V. Guemas, \email{vguemas at ic3.cat})  -  Original code\cr
1.0  -  2013-09  (N. Manubens, \email{nicolau.manubens at ic3.cat})  -  Formatting to R CRAN\cr
1.1  -  2014-10  (M. Menegoz, \email{martin.menegoz at ic3.cat})  -  Adding siglev argument\cr
1.2  -  2015-03  (L.P. Caron, \email{louis-philippe.caron at ic3.cat})  - Adding method argument
}
\keyword{datagen}
