This repository contains the code and files for my Masterโ€™s thesis on drought forecasting in Italy using a spatial vector autoregressive model. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐ŸŒฑ๐ŸŒก๏ธ

You can find the following files here:

  1. NDVIDataPrep.rmd: This file downloads and preprocesses the NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) dataset as explained in the thesis. ๐ŸŒฟ
  2. thesis.html and thesis.pdf: These files show the main analysis and results of the thesis, including all the plots and tables. You can view them in your browser or download them as pdf documents. ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ“„
  3. thesis.rmd: This file contains the R Markdown code that generates the previous html and pdf files. ๐Ÿ’ป
  4. functions.r: This file contains all the custom functions that are used in thesis.rmd. ๐Ÿ”ง

For more details on the methodology and findings of the thesis, please refer to the pdf document. ๐Ÿ“š