Analyze & Plot Long Range Climate Timeseries

Plot, analyze and compare different monthly mean climate timeseries.

Timeseries 1?

Timeseries 2?

Year range? (1854 to present): to
Action?

Plot timeseries
For two timeseries, One y axis, Two y axis

Statistic: Mean Anomaly (1971-2000 climo) Standardized Anomaly
Type of Plot: Line Boxes

Optional: Climatology Bounds to
Optional Set y range: to ( Set 2nd y range: to )
Optional Apply Running Mean to monthly values:: months (use odd number)
Correlate two time series
Lag of 1st time series? Positive lag values indicate 1st timeseries lags 2nd; negative lag values means 1st leads second.

Correlate using?All months or seasons in time-series (1 value) Each months or season calculated separately
Plot autocorrelation function
Plot Cross correlation function

For all actions:
Time Averaging?Monthly Seasonal Average First Month of season: Second:

Please reference timeseries use in publications!

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Updated: Sep 28, 2007 13:41:27 MDT
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