-------------------Now on to the EOF fun
EOF Procedures, same for IWVF and IWV, thus far:
(1) 28yr mean for each day for each pixel
(2) Calculated 21-day moving mean for each day from 1 July to 31 August, a.k.a. "Tha Meat"
(3) Perform EOF calculations on Step (2) data
Here are the plots of pattern variance for IWVF (top) and IWV (bottom).
These plots show that most of the variance is associated with the first pattern. This is a good sign, I believe, since it shows that we have a dominate pattern in both fields. Next, will be the contour plot of this first pattern for IWVF (top) and IWV (bottom).
These plots are hot off the presses, so I haven't come to any profound understanding of their deeper meaning as of yet. Any thoughts?-jamie
21 day moving window actually doesn't look correct to me. This should be much smoother than the climatology and values should be right on.
ReplyDeleteOK, EOFs. You should remove the 21-day moving mean from the data and then perform the analysis on the deseasonalized data. This is probably why the variance in your EOF #1 is so large - it is climo. Also, in your plots, please include proper latitude/longitude and geographic outlines as it is difficult to make things out.