PeterRochford / SkillMetrics

A Python library for calculating and displaying the skill of model predictions against observations.
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compare different data sets on the same taylor graph #10

Closed iacopoff closed 5 years ago

iacopoff commented 5 years ago

I was wondering if it was possible to plot multiple data sets (each one with several experiments) on one plot and then color the markers according to data set source?

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PeterRochford commented 5 years ago

This is the first time I have received such a question or seen such a use of a Taylor diagram. It may be possible by making multiple calls to taylor_diagram, one for each data set and specifying a different color for the marker. I can experiment with the possibility if you email me some sample of the data you would like to plot: prochford@thesymplectic.com.

iacopoff commented 5 years ago

Hi Peter, an easy workaround I have tried is to append the Taylor statistics from one data set to the ones from the next data set and then define accordingly a list of labels as markerLabel in order to map to the Taylor statistic lists. However it is a bit messy with all the labels, and would be definitely better to use colours. happy to send you some data. thanks

PeterRochford commented 5 years ago

The capability to create target and Taylor diagrams with multiple data sets overlaid has been added as of version 1.1.7. Refer to target diagram example 8 and Taylor diagram example 12 on the Wiki.