Time Series Plot

Description

This tool plots time series in monthly, seasonal, or annual format and generates summary statistics.

Discussion of the Generated Plot and Summary Statistics
A time series of the input data between the user-specified start and end years will be displayed in the plot (inclusive). Summary statistics in the form of the mean and standard deviation of the time series are reported along with the trend per year and the result of a slope test (i.e., a test of whether the linear trend is significantly different from zero).

Input File
Select the input data by clicking on "Browse" and navigating to the proper file.

Input Data Format
Year / Data

Each "/" is a tab (i.e., data should be tab-delimited). Missing Data should be denoted as "-99".

Row Start
Enter the row number where the main data to be processed begin in the temperature file selected above. An example of how row numbers are entered is shown in Figure 2 located in the Running HOB Tools topic.

Data Column
This input is the column number where the data are located in the input file selected above. An example of how column numbers are entered is shown in Figure 2 located in the Running HOB Tools topic.

Start Year
Enter the year when the plot should start.

End Year
Enter the year when the plot should end.

Plot Options
Enter the title and the y-axis label for the plot.

Plot Linear Trend Line
Check this option to fit a least squares line of best fit to the time series. Checked by default.

Plot Mean Line
Check this option to display a line that denotes the mean of the time series. Checked by default.