Automated Data Plotter

This application dynamically generates many types of graphs. These graphs are derived from processing of various data sources done by the IEM. Please feel free to use these generated graphics in whatever way you wish. Reset App. The IEM Explorer application offers a simplified frontend to some of these autoplots.


First, select a chart type::

Second, select specific chart options::

Select Station:
 
Number of Days #1
Number of Days #2 (0 disables)
Number of Days #3 (0 disables)
Compare with year (optional):
Compare with year (optional)
Start Date of Plot
(YYYY/mm/dd)
End Date of Plot
(YYYY/mm/dd)
Image Pixel Size @100 DPI
Image Resolution (DPI) (max 500)
Select Output Format:

Plot Description:

This plot presents a time series of Aridity Index. This index computes the standardized high temperature departure subtracted by the standardized precipitation departure. For the purposes of this plot, this index is computed daily over a trailing period of days of your choice. The climatology is based on the present period of record statistics. You can optionally plot this index for two other period of days of your choice. Entering '0' will disable additional lines appearing on the plot.
You can also optionally generate this plot for the same period of days over different years of your choice. When plotted over multiple years, only "Number of Days #1' is considered. An additional year is plotted representing the best root mean squared error fit to the selected year's data.

Based on a sampling of recent timings for this application, plot generation time has averaged 9 seconds. Hold on for the plot is generating now!


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