taylor11.m

% How to create a Taylor diagram with a color bar showing bias
%
% An eleventh example of how to create a Taylor diagram given one set of
% reference observations and multiple model predictions for the quantity.
% 
% This example is a variation on the sixth example (taylor6) where now the
% markers are displayed in a color spectrum corresponding to their BIAS. A
% color bar is automatically displayed showing the correspondence with the
% BIAS values.
% 
% All functions in the Skill Metrics library are designed to only work with
% one-dimensional arrays, e.g. time series of observations at a selected
% location. The one-dimensional data are stored in arrays named: sdev, crmsd, 
% ccoef, and bias. Each of these contain 1 reference value (first position) 
% and 4 prediction values, for a total of 5 values. The plot is written to 
% a file in Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format.
% 
% This data was provided courtesy of Mostafa Khoshchehreh.

% Author: Peter A. Rochford
%         Symplectic, LLC
%         www.thesymplectic.com
%         prochford@thesymplectic.com
%
% Created on Jan 13, 2019

% Close any previously open graphics windows
close all;

% Set the figure properties (optional)
set(gcf,'units','inches','position',[0,10.0,14.0,10.0]);
set(gcf,'DefaultLineLineWidth', 1.5); % linewidth for plots
set(gcf,'DefaultAxesFontSize',18); % font size of axes text

% Read in data from a mat file
load('taylor_data.mat');

% Store statistics in arrays
sdev = [129; 113; 83; 29; 107];
crmsd = [0; 62; 92; 145; 72];
ccoef = [1; .89; .73; .34; .83];
bias = [1; .89; .73; .34; .83];

% Specify labels for points in a cell array
label = {'Non-Dimensional Observation', 'ERA-interim', 'PERSSIAN-CCS', ...
        'CMORPH', 'Rain Gage'};

% Produce the Taylor diagram
%
% Label the points and change the axis options for SDEV, CRMSD, and CCOEF.
% Increase the upper limit for the SDEV axis and rotate the CRMSD contour 
% labels (counter-clockwise from x-axis). Exchange color and line style
% choices for SDEV, CRMSD, and CCOEFF variables to show effect. Increase
% the line width of all lines.
%
% For an exhaustive list of options to customize your diagram, please 
% call the function without arguments:
%	>> taylor_diagram
[hp, ht, axl] = taylor_diagram(sdev,crmsd,ccoef, 'markerLabel',label, ...
    'markerDisplayed', 'colorBar', 'titleColorbar', 'Bias', ...
    'markerLabelColor', 'k', 'markerSize', 10, ...
    'markerLegend', 'off', ...
    'CMapZdata', bias, 'locationColorBar', 'EastOutside', ...
    'colRMS', 'g', 'styleRMS', ':',  'widthRMS', 2.0, 'titleRMS', 'on', ...
    'colSTD', 'b', 'styleSTD', '-.', 'widthSTD', 1.0, 'titleSTD' ,'on', ...
    'colCOR', 'k', 'styleCOR', '--', 'widthCOR', 1.0, 'titleCOR', 'on');

% Write plot to file
writepng(gcf,'taylor11.png');