The list of stations can be retrieved using the ghcnd_stations() function. Note that the closest weather station to each city with continuously collected maximum temperatures are USC00186350 (Washington D.C.), GME00127786 (Liestal), JA000047759 (Kyoto), and CA001108395 (Vancouver).
- JA000047401, 45.4170, 141.6830, 12.0, WAKKANAI JAPAN
The rendered demo analysis is available at https://competition.statistics.gmu.edu/demo_analysis.html.
To enter the competition you must submit your predictions and the URL pointing to your repository via https://competition.statistics.gmu.edu.
Entries must be submitted by the end of February 28, 2022 (anywhere on earth). If it's February anywhere on earth, your submission will be considered.
The predictions are judged based on the sum of the absolute differences between your predicted peak bloom dates and the publicly posted peak bloom dates:
| predicted_bloom_date_kyoto_2022 - actual_bloom_date_kyoto_2022 | +
| predicted_bloom_date_washingtondc_2022 - actual_bloom_date_washingtondc_2022 | +
| predicted_bloom_date_liestal_2022 - actual_bloom_date_liestal_2022 | +
| predicted_bloom_date_vancouver_2022 - actual_bloom_date_vancouver_2022 |
The true bloom dates for 2022 are taken to be the dates reported by the following agencies/institutions:
- Kyoto (Japan): a local news paper from Arashiyama as published at http://atmenv.envi.osakafu-u.ac.jp/aono/kyophenotemp4,
- Washington, D.C. (USA): National Park Service,
- Liestal-Weideli (Switzerland): MeteoSwiss,
- Vancouver, BC (Canada): Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival in collaboration with Douglas Justice, Associate Director, Curator of Collections, UBC Botanical Garden.
The full competition rules are available under https://competition.statistics.gmu.edu.
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