daily_temperature() creates a future-EPW method from matching future and historical daily CMIP temperature data. It requires frequency = "day". The configured workflow retains the selected registered recipe identity and "harmonized" execution policy while preserving the public method name.

Daily tas changes are estimated with a circular climatology on a common 365-day phase grid. When paired tasmin and tasmax are available for both periods, each baseline 24-hour profile is constrained to the requested daily mean, minimum, and maximum while retaining its hourly ordering. Otherwise, the daily mean change is applied additively and the baseline daily range is inherited.

reconstruction = "power" uses epwshiftr's monotone power projection. "btws" instead selects the bounded temperature weighted stretch published by Eames et al. (2024). The latter remains a composite comparison: only its hourly reconstruction comes from Eames, while the daily CMIP6 signal, calendar mapping, humidity closure, and output policy remain epwshiftr components.

EPW fields outside dry-bulb temperature and its coupled humidity state remain unchanged. After dry-bulb temperature is projected, baseline specific humidity is retained and relative humidity and dew point are recomputed; moisture is clipped only when necessary to avoid supersaturation.

daily_temperature(
  reference = NULL,
  window_days = 31L,
  reconstruction = c("power", "btws")
)

Arguments

reference

A required historical_reference(), shift_reference_plan(), or extracted ShiftClimate stage.

window_days

Odd circular climatology-window width in days.

reconstruction

Hourly temperature reconstruction component: "power" uses the default constrained power projection; "btws" uses bounded temperature weighted stretch and requires paired daily tasmin and tasmax.

Value

A complete ShiftMorphMethod for shift_future_epw().

References

Eames, M. E., Ramallo-González, A. P., and Wood, M. J. (2024). A revised morphing algorithm for creating future weather for building performance evaluation. doi:10.1177/01436244231218861