Hailfinder (Q4834873): Difference between revisions

This synthetic datset is set about severe summer hail in northeastern Colorado. It was introduced in Abramson et al. (1996). Task: The dataset can be used to study causal discovery algorithms. Summary: Size of dataset: 20,000 x 56 Task: Causal Discovery Problem Data Type: Categorical Data Dataset Scope: Standalone Dataset Ground Truth: Known Graph Temporal Structure: Static Data License: CC0 (generated for bnlearn) Missing Values: No Missing Data Missingness Statement: There are no missing values. Features: N07muVerMo: 10.7mu vertical motion (StrongUp, WeakUp, Neutral, and Down) SubjVertMo: subjective judgment of vertical motion (StrongUp, WeakUp, Neutral, and Down) QGVertMotion: quasigeostrophic vertical motion (StrongUp, WeakUp, Neutral, and Down) CombVerMo: combined vertical motion (StrongUp, WeakUp, Neutral, and Down) AreaMesoALS: area of meso-alpha (StrongUp, WeakUp, Neutral, and Down) SatContMoist: satellite contribution to moisture (VeryWet, Wet, Neutral, and Dry) RaoContMoist: reading at the forecast center for moisture (VeryWet, Wet, Neutral, and Dry) CombMoisture: combined moisture (VeryWet, Wet, Neutral, and Dry) AreaMoDryAir: area of moisture and dry air (VeryWet, Wet, Neutral, and Dry) VISCloudCov: visible cloud cover (Cloudy, PC, and Clear) RCloudCover: infrared cloud cover (Cloudy, PC, and Clear) CombClouds: combined cloud cover (Cloudy, PC, and Clear) CldShadeOth: cloud shading, other (Cloudy, PC, and Clear) AMInstabMt: AM instability in the mountains (None, Weak, and Strong) InsInMt: instability in the mountains (None, Weak, and Strong) WndHodograph: wind hodograph (DCVZFavor, StrongWest, Westerly, and Other) OutflowFrMt: outflow from mountains (None, Weak, and Strong) MorningBound: morning boundaries (None, Weak, and Strong) Boundaries: boundaries (None, Weak, and Strong) CldShadeConv: cloud shading, convection (None, Some, and Marked) CompPlFcst: composite plains forecast (IncCapDecIns, LittleChange, and DecCapIncIns) CapChange: capping change (Decreasing, LittleChange, and Increasing) LoLevMoistAd: low-level moisture advection (StrongPos, WeakPos, Neutral, and Negative) InsChange: instability change (Decreasing, LittleChange, and Increasing) MountainFcst: mountains (region 1) forecast (XNIL, SIG, and SVR) Date: date (May15_Jun14, Jun15_Jul1, Jul2_Jul15, Jul16_Aug10, Aug11_Aug20, and Aug20_Sep15) Scenario: scenario (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, and K) ScenRelAMCIN: scenario relevant to AM convective inhibition (AB and CThruK) MorningCIN: morning convective inhibition (None, PartInhibit, Stifling, and TotalInhibit) AMCINInScen: AM convective inhibition in scenario (LessThanAve, Average, and MoreThanAve) CapInScen: capping within scenario (LessThanAve, Average, and MoreThanAve) ScenRelAMIns: scenario relevant to AM instability (ABI, CDEJ, F, G, H, and K) LIfr12ZDENSd: LI from 12Z DEN sounding (LIGt0, N1GtLIGt_4, N5GtLIGt_8, and LILt_8) AMDewptCalPl: AM dewpoint calculations, plains (Instability, Neutral, and Stability) AMInsWliScen: AM instability within scenario (LessUnstable, Average, and MoreUnstable) InsSclInScen: instability scaling within scenario (LessUnstable, Average, and MoreUnstable) ScenRel34: scenario relevant to regions 2/3/4 (ACEFK, B, D, GJ, and HI) LatestCIN: latest convective inhibition (None, PartInhibit, Stifling, and TotalInhibit) LLIW: LLIW severe weather index (Unfavorable, Weak, Moderate, and Strong) CurPropConv: current propensity to convection (None, Slight, Moderate, and Strong) ScnRelPlFcst: scenario relevant to plains forecast (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, and K) PlainsFcst: plains forecast (XNIL, SIG, and SVR) N34StarFcst: regions 2/3/4 forecast (XNIL, SIG, and SVR) R5Fcst: region 5 forecast (XNIL, SIG, and SVR) Dewpoints: dewpoints (LowEverywhere, LowAtStation, LowSHighN, LowNHighS, LowMtsHighPl, HighEverywhere, and Other) LowLLapse: low-level lapse rate (CloseToDryAd, Steep, ModerateOrLe, and Stable) MeanRH: mean relative humidity (VeryMoist, Average, and Dry) MidLLapse: mid-level lapse rate (CloseToDryAd, Steep, and ModerateOrLe) MvmtFeatures: movement of features (StrongFront, MarkedUpper, OtherRapid, and NoMajor) RHRatio: relative humidity ratio (MoistMDryL, DryMMoistL, and Other) SfcWndShfDis: surface wind shifts and discontinuities (DenvCyclone, E_W_N, E_W_S, MovigFtorOt, DryLine, None, and Other) SynForcng: synoptic forcing (SigNegative, NegToPos, SigPositive, PosToNeg, and LittleChange) TempDis: temperature discontinuities (QStationary, Moving, None, and Other) WindAloft: wind aloft (LV, SWQuad, NWQuad, and AllElse) WindFieldMt: wind fields, mountains (Westerly and LVorOther) WindFieldPln: wind fields, plains (LV, DenvCyclone, LongAnticyc, E_NE, SEquad, and WidespdDnsl) Files: hailfinder.csv: dataset hailfinder.bif:Bayesian Network from (Scutari (2010), License CC BY-SA 3.0). The network was used for data generation in Abramson et al. (1996) and was designed on meteorological data and expert judgment, based on both experience and physical understanding.