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Whatareyoumeasuring?
Whatareyoumeasuring?
Whataretheunits?
Whataretheprecisionandaccuracy?
Howrepresentativeisthemeasurement?
Howdoyoupresenttheresults?
Tables
Figures
Other
Schematics
FlowCharts
DataAnalysisAssignment
Fromoneofthepapersthatyousummarized,
identifytwoFiguresandtwoTables
ForeachFigure(withnumbers)andTable,
1. Summarizethecontent,includingunitswhere
applicable
2. Whatweretherawdata/measurementsusedto
derivetheresults?
3. Whataretheestimatedaccuracyandprecision
ofeachmeasurement?
HowdoyouSummarizeData?
Statistics Moments
Averages
Mean
Median
Mode
StandardDeviation
CoefficientofVariation
Skewness
Kurtosis
Statistics Trends
TimeSeries
Apogee
Perigee/Nadir
Statistics Comparison
Pvalues
PlotofAnnualSnowTimeSeries
1200
2011
2009
median
mean
2012
800
600
400
200
7/1
5/1
3/1
1/1
11/1
0
9/1
SWE [mm]
1000
date
ESS130:DataFormatting
TypesofData
NumberorValues
IndividualValues
TimeSeries
SpatialData
OtherValues
NoDataandMissingData(9999orMorsimilar)
Valuenotpossible(1111=Feb30orFeb31)
CharactersorText
Categorical/Indicator/Classificationdata
TimeSeriesofData:FortMorganCO
maximum
average
minimum
20
15
10
0
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
40
dailyaveragetemperature[degC]
annualaveragetemperature[degC]
25
30
20
10
0
maximum
10
average
minimum
20
Jan
Mar
May
Jul
Sep
Nov
SpatialData:Elevation
DEMdatafromUSGSNationalMapViewer<http://nationalmap.gov/viewer.html>
SpatialData:ElevationDerived
elevation
slope
aspect
solarradiation
DataderivedfromDEMobtainedatUSGSNationalMapViewer<http://nationalmap.gov/viewer.html>
SpatialData:CanopyDensity
CanopydatafromUSGSMultiresolutionLandCharacteristicsConsortium< http://www.mrlc.gov/>
SpatialData:LandCoverType
CanopydatafromUSGSMultiresolutionLandCharacteristicsConsortium< http://www.mrlc.gov/>
DatainEXCEL
Values
Text
ESS130:DataInvestigation
ComponentsofEXCEL
ValuesorText
ImportingData
ParsingData
SortingData
AnalyzingData
SummarizingData
PlottingData
Importing&ParsingData
Whatistheinitialformat?
CSV
Spacedelimited
Tabdelimited
Other
Importing
File/Open
Home/Paste
Format(PasteSpecial)
Parsing
TexttoColumns(DATAtab)
SortingData
Whichdatadoyouwant?
Howdoyouwanttoformatthedata?
Whatistheuse?
Matrices(dayofyear vs.year)
Manually
PivotTables(INSERTtab)
Analyzing/SummarizingData
Whatdoyouwanttodo?
Computations?
Summary
Climatology
Trends
AsIndependentVariables
PlottingData
TypeofChart(INSERTtab)
Column,Bar
Pie
Line
XY(scatter)
Other
Bubble
Radar
Stock BoxandWhisker
DataSummaryAssignment
Fromthedailytimeseriesofstreamflowdata,
useapivottabletogenerateablockofdata
Produceplotsof
a) Themeanannualstreamflowtemperaturefor
eachyearvs.year;and
b) Themeandailystreamflowovertheperiodof
recordvs.dayofyear
TimeSeriesofData:FortMorganCO
maximum
average
minimum
20
15
10
0
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
40
dailyaveragetemperature[degC]
annualaveragetemperature[degC]
25
30
20
10
0
maximum
10
average
minimum
20
Jan
Mar
May
Jul
Sep
Nov
Resources
TILT
Youtube:HowtouseExcel
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBT_sBzFcOA>