Re: [Matplotlib-users] plotting wind-speed time series (was: What kind of chart should I use?)

[<kc1...@ya...>]

Saw this:

http://www.originlab.com/www/products/GraphGallery.aspx?GID=26&s=8&lm=215

Since I am not interested in wind direction, may be I can use stacked bar-chart.   Still, how would I tie plot_data with it though?

Regards,

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> Hi list,
> 
> I have a set of time series data which is year's worth of 
> wind speed at a particular place (one data point per minute). 
>  I want to see how wind speed spreads throughout the day.   I 
> can do a scatter char with 24 hours of the day vs wind speed 
> but then I end up with something that's not too useful (too 
> many data points).  What's more interesting is to present the 
> data as a time / wind speed / frequency plot.    
> 
> The kind of plot shown in image_interp.py looks interesting.  
>  Is there a way to combine the capability of plot_date and 
> imshow?   If so, may be I can have hour of the day vs 
> wind-speed with the color be a function of the data frequency. 
> 
> Thanks,
>  
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> John Henry
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John Henry