evaluate the content of the "ref_<type>" column and filter reference data accordingly. cases: - mode chosen - range - mean - no mode chosen - use mean if multiple references

returns df without variable, unit and <type> columns (see below) returns df with ref_value_min/max, ref_model, ref_scenario, ref_period

Usage

refineRefData(ref_data, cfgRow, ref_type = "ref_model")

Arguments

ref_data

pre-filtered reference data

cfgRow

row of validation config used for this data slice

ref_type

historical, model, scenario, period