Automated Data Plotter

This application dynamically generates many types of graphs. These graphs are derived from processing of various data sources done by the IEM. Please feel free to use these generated graphics in whatever way you wish. Reset App. The IEM Explorer application offers a simplified frontend to some of these autoplots.


First, select a chart type::

Second, select specific chart options::

Select Station (STC000? are climate district, ST0000 state avg)
 
Select Radiation Source for Timeseries
Select Radiation Source for Climatology
Select Year to Plot:
Image Pixel Size @100 DPI
Image Resolution (DPI) (50 to 500)
Select Output Format:

Plot Description:

This plot presents daily estimates of solar radiation for a given year for the 'climodat' stations tracked by the IEM. These stations only report temperature, precipitation, and snowfall, but many users are interested in solar radiation data as well. So estimates are pulled from various reanalysis and forecast model analyses to generate the numbers presented. There are four sources of solar radiation made available for this plot. The HRRR data is the only one in 'real-time', the MERRAv2/NARR lag by about a month, and the ERA5 Land lags by 8-9 days.

Based on a sampling of recent timings for this application, plot generation time has averaged 2 seconds. Hold on for the plot is generating now!


View Data (as csv)   Download as Excel  
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IEM Daily Features using this plot

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