VizBoxWhisker: Box-And-Whisker Plot of Time Series with Ensemble...

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Box-And-Whisker Plot of Time Series with Ensemble Distribution

Description

Produce time series of box-and-whisker plot showing the distribution of the members of a forecast vs. the observed evolution. The correlation between forecast and observational data is calculated and displayed. Only works for n-monthly to n-yearly time series.

Usage

VizBoxWhisker(
  exp,
  obs,
  toptitle = "",
  ytitle = "",
  monini = 1,
  yearini = 0,
  freq = 1,
  expname = "exp 1",
  obsname = "obs 1",
  drawleg = TRUE,
  fileout = NULL,
  width = 8,
  height = 5,
  size_units = "in",
  res = 100,
  ...
)

Arguments

exp	Forecast array of multi-member time series, e.g., the NAO index of one experiment. The expected dimensions are c(members, start dates/forecast horizons). A vector with only the time dimension can also be provided. Only monthly or lower frequency time series are supported. See parameter freq.
obs	Observational vector or array of time series, e.g., the NAO index of the observations that correspond the forecast data in exp. The expected dimensions are c(start dates/forecast horizons) or c(1, start dates/forecast horizons). Only monthly or lower frequency time series are supported. See parameter freq.
toptitle	Character string to be drawn as figure title.
ytitle	Character string to be drawn as y-axis title.
monini	Number of the month of the first time step, from 1 to 12.
yearini	Year of the first time step.
freq	Frequency of the provided time series: 1 = yearly, 12 = monthly,
expname	Experimental dataset name.
obsname	Name of the observational reference dataset.
drawleg	TRUE/FALSE: whether to draw the legend or not.
fileout	Name of output file. Extensions allowed: eps/ps, jpeg, png, pdf, bmp and tiff. Default = 'output_PlotBox.ps'.
width	File width, in the units specified in the parameter size_units (inches by default). Takes 8 by default.
height	File height, in the units specified in the parameter size_units (inches by default). Takes 5 by default.
size_units	Units of the size of the device (file or window) to plot in. Inches ('in') by default. See ?Devices and the creator function of the corresponding device.
res	Resolution of the device (file or window) to plot in. See ?Devices and the creator function of the corresponding device.
...	Arguments to be passed to the method. Only accepts the following graphical parameters: ann ask bg cex.lab cex.sub cin col.axis col.lab col.main col.sub cra crt csi cxy err family fg fig font font.axis font.lab font.main font.sub lend lheight ljoin lmitre mex mfcol mfrow mfg mkh oma omd omi page pin plt pty smo srt tck tcl usr xaxp xaxs xaxt xlog xpd yaxp yaxs yaxt ylbias ylog For more information about the parameters see 'par'.

Value

A figure in popup window by default, or saved to the specified path via fileout.

See Also

EOF, ProjectField, NAO

Examples

# No example data is available over NAO region, so in this example we will
# tweak the longitude and latitude.
ano <- s2dv::Ano_CrossValid(map_temp$exp, map_temp$obs, memb = FALSE,
                            dat_dim = c('dat', 'member'), memb_dim = 'member')
nao <- s2dv::NAO(ano$exp, ano$obs, lat = seq(20, 80, length.out = 11),
                 lon = seq(-80, 40, length.out = 16), memb_dim = "member",
                 ftime_dim = "time")
nao$exp <- drop(aperm(nao$exp, c(2, 1, 3, 4)))
nao$obs <- drop(nao$obs)
VizBoxWhisker(nao$exp, nao$obs, toptitle = "NAO index", 
              ytitle = "NAO index (PC1) TOS", monini = 11, freq = 1,
              yearini = 2000, expname = "SEAS5", obsname = "ERA5")

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