6.2.3. Animated Map
6.2.3.1. Operation
- Operation name
Animated Map
- Algorithm reference
Wikipedia entry on animated mapping <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_mapping>
- Description
This operation produces and displays one or multiple animated map showing the data of different time steps.
- Utilised in
6.2.3.2. Options
- name
plot anomalies
- description
plots anomalies instead of absolute values
- settings
reference period (or region) for anomaly calculation
- name
multiple datasets
- description
plots multiple animated maps (data of different time steps) side by side or as transparent layers
- name
map settings
- description
settings for the map
- settings
legend, land contours, north arrow, grid, …
6.2.3.3. Input data
- name
longitude (lon, x)
- type
floating point number
- range
[-180.; +180.] respectively [0.; 360.]
- dimensionality
vector
- description
grid information on longitudes
- name
latitude (lat, y)
- type
floating point number
- range
[-90.; +90.]
- dimensionality
vector
- description
grid information on latitudes
- name
height (z)
- type
floating point number
- range
[-infinity; +infinity]
- dimensionality
vector
- description
grid information on height/depth
- name
variable(s)
- type
floating point number
- range
[-infinity; +infinity]
- dimensionality
cube or 4D
- description
values of (a) certain variable(s)
- name
time (time ,t)
- type
integer or double
- range
[0; +infinity]
- dimensionality
vector
- description
days/months since …
6.2.3.4. Output data
- name
animated map(s)
- type
animated map
- description
displays one (mutliple) animated map(s side by side) (see Options)
6.2.3.5. Parameters
- name
x-axis annotation/label
- type
character
- valid values
all
- default value
probability, time, name of variable, … (depends on type of plot)
- description
label for x-axis
- name
y-axis annotation/label
- type
character
- valid values
all
- default value
name of variable (depends on type of plot)
- description
label for y-axis
- name
heading annotation/label
- type
character
- valid values
all
- default value
name of variable (depends on type of plot)
- description
text for image heading