vtools.climatology

climatology(ts, freq, nsmooth=None)

” Create a climatology on the columns of ts

Parameters

ts: DataFrame or Series

DataStructure to be analyzed. Must have a length of at least 2*freq

freq: period [“day”,”month”]

Period over which the climatology is analyzed

nsmooth: int

window size (number of values) of pre-smoothing. This may not make sense for series that are not approximately regular. An odd number is usually best.

Returns:

out: DataFrame or Series Data structure of the same type as ts, with Integer index representing month (Jan=1) or day of year (1:365).