Table 1.

Scenarios for the simulated data

Scenario	Spatial pattern	Temporal pattern	Expected cases
S1	Isolated	Isolated	Normal
S2	Isolated	Consecutive-variable	Normal
S3	Isolated	Consecutive-stable	Normal
S4	Clustered	Isolated	Normal
S5	Clustered	Consecutive variable	Normal
S6	Clustered	Consecutive stable	Normal
S7	Isolated	Long time series	Normal
S8	Isolated	Consecutive variable	Increased
S9	Isolated	Consecutive variable	Reduced
S10	No aberrations