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FrEDI v4.1.1

See FrEDI v4.1 for full release notes

  • Bug fixes - n/a
  • Updates - ** Major updates: n/a ** Minor updates include: updated the includeaggregate flag for the suicide sector in run_fredi() and run_fredi_sv(), to alert users of an alternative sector aggregation approach to avoid possible double counting with the impacts in the default temperature-related mortality sector; updated R package documentation to reflect updates; updated github page
  • Additional sectors added - n/a
  • Documentation fixes - n/a
  • New features - n/a

FrEDI v4.1

This release corresponds to FrEDI v4.1, which accompanies the publication of the 2024 FrEDI Technical Documentation.

  • Bug fixes - n/a
  • Updates - ** Major updates: impacts and damages now calculated at the state-level (previously region-level) for all 25 impact-category sectors; FrEDI default max year was changed from 2090 to 2100 ** Minor updates include: updated import_inputs() to accept population datafiles containing U.S. national, contiguous U.S., or U.S. state populations and set temperature values outside the allowed range (<=0C and >= 30C) to zero; updated run_fredi_sv() to accept state-level population inputs; updated R package documentation to reflect new features
  • Additional sectors added - n/a
  • Documentation fixes - minor updates to account for new default max year and state-level population input formatting features
  • New features - FrEDI outputs include damages and impacts at the state-level (48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia) for all 25 impact category sectors; FrEDI default max year was changed from 2090 to 2100

FrEDI v4.0.2 (peer-review)

Starting in February 2024, the FrEDI Technical Documentation and v4.0 of the FrEDI R package will be subject to a public review comment period and independent, external peer-review. This release corresponds to FrEDI v4.0.2, the peer-review release version.

  • Bug fixes - fixes to GDP input reference in and meta data documentation in run_fredi()
  • Updates - ** Major updates include: impacts and damages now calculated at the state-level (previously region-level) for 17 impact-category sectors ** Minor updates include: n/a
  • Additional sectors added - n/a
  • Documentation fixes - n/a
  • New features - FrEDI outputs include damages and impacts at the state-level (48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia) for 17 impact category sectors.

FrEDI v4.0.1 (public review)

Starting in February 2024, the FrEDI Technical Documentation and v4.0 of the FrEDI R package will be subject to a public review comment period and independent, external peer-review. This release corresponds to FrEDI v4.0.1, the public comment release version.

  • Bug fixes - file paths in function documentation for run_fredi(), import_inputs(), and aggregate_impacts(); income elasticity for SLR sectors post-2090 in run_fredi() (no longer dependent on argument elasticity)
  • Updates - ** Major updates include: impacts and damages now calculated at the state-level (previously region-level) for 12 impact-category sectors; population inputs for run_fredi() now requires state-level population instead of region-level inputs; damage function extrapolation approach for warmer temperatures for run_fredi() and run_fredi_sv(); default income elasticity (argument elasticity in run_fredi()) from 0.4 to 1.0; updated run_fredi() user inputs to remove options to calculate present values (arguments pv, rate, baseYear) and add option to output intermediate calculation columns ** Minor updates include: magrittr pipe operator %>% to the native pipe operator |>; Added monitoring of default run_fredi() parameter use; output columns from aggregate_impacts (added columns “sectorprimary” and “includeaggregate” for all aggregation levels and added columns “physical_impacts”, “physicalmeasure” for all aggregation levels except aggLevels=”impacttype”); removed option to output run_fredi_sv() module results to an Excel template
  • Documentation fixes - this version corresponds to the February 2024 version of the FrEDI Technical Documentation (see https://www.epa.gov/cira/about-fredi). Function documentation updated to correspond to updates.
  • Additional sectors added - n/a
  • New features - FrEDI outputs include damages and impacts at the state-level (48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia) for 12 impact category sectors.

FrEDI v3.4

  • Bug fixes - minor fixes to inputs used in run_fredi() and run_fredi_sv()
  • Updates - minor updates to run_fredi_sv() output template and documentation; run_fredi() input options
  • Documentation fixes - minor documentation fixes, e.g., global to conus temperature in import_inputs, updates to variant names, function documentation
  • Additional sectors added - (temperature and weather impacts on) Suicide Incidence; (health and economic burden from changes in) Vibriosis cases
  • New features - added components to create GitHub IO site (https://usepa.github.io/FrEDI/); new run_fredi() option to report out a list of input parameters at runtime; new user option to extend run_fredi() out to 2300

FrEDI v3.0

  • Bug fix - global to conus temperature in import_inputs
  • Additional sector added - ATS Extreme Temperature Mortality
  • New feature - additional capability to calculate impacts to social vulnerable communities

FrEDI v2.2.0

  • Additional sectors added - Crime, Agriculture, and Marine Fisheries

FrEDI v2.1.0

  • Updates - extreme temperature mortality sector
  • New feature - option for user supplied IEVSL

FrEDI v2.0

Initial release of FrEDI that corresponds to the technical documentation 2021. https://www.epa.gov/cira/fredi/