PlotClim: Plots Climatologies

In s2dverification: Set of Common Tools for Forecast Verification

Plots Climatologies

Description

Plots climatologies as a function of the forecast time for any index output from Clim() and organized in matrix with dimensions:
c(nmod/nexp, nmemb/nparam, nltime) or c(nmod/nexp, nltime) for the experiment data
c(nobs, nmemb, nltime) or c(nobs, nltime) for the observational data

Usage

PlotClim(
  exp_clim,
  obs_clim = NULL,
  toptitle = "",
  ytitle = "",
  monini = 1,
  freq = 12,
  limits = NULL,
  listexp = c("exp1", "exp2", "exp3"),
  listobs = c("obs1", "obs2", "obs3"),
  biglab = FALSE,
  leg = TRUE,
  sizetit = 1,
  fileout = "output_plotclim.eps",
  width = 8,
  height = 5,
  size_units = "in",
  res = 100,
  ...
)

Arguments

exp_clim	Matrix containing the experimental data with dimensions: c(nmod/nexp, nmemb/nparam, nltime) or c(nmod/nexp, nltime)
obs_clim	Matrix containing the observational data (optional) with dimensions: c(nobs, nmemb, nltime) or c(nobs, nltime)
toptitle	Main title, optional.
ytitle	Title of Y-axis, optional.
monini	Starting month between 1 and 12. Default = 1.
freq	1 = yearly, 12 = monthly, 4 = seasonal, ... Default = 12.
limits	c(lower limit, upper limit): limits of the Y-axis, optional.
listexp	List of experiment names, optional.
listobs	List of observational dataset names, optional.
biglab	TRUE/FALSE for presentation/paper plot. Default = FALSE.
leg	TRUE/FALSE to plot the legend or not.
sizetit	Multiplicative factor to scale title size, optional.
fileout	Name of output file. Extensions allowed: eps/ps, jpeg, png, pdf, bmp and tiff. Default = 'output_plotclim.eps'.
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: adj ann ask bg bty 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 mar mex mfcol mfrow mfg mkh oma omd omi page pch plt smo srt tck usr xaxp xaxs xaxt xlog xpd yaxp yaxs yaxt ylbias ylog For more information about the parameters see 'par'.

Author(s)

History:
0.1 - 2011-03 (V. Guemas) - Original code
1.0 - 2013-09 (N. Manubens) - Formatting to CRAN

Examples

# Load sample data as in Load() example:
example(Load)
clim <- Clim(sampleData$mod, sampleData$obs)
 
PlotClim(clim$clim_exp, clim$clim_obs, toptitle = paste('climatologies'), 
        ytitle = 'K', monini = 11, listexp = c('CMIP5 IC3'), 
        listobs = c('ERSST'), biglab = FALSE, fileout = 'tos_clim.eps')
 

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