Blog Post 3
This week I have not made any changes to the data on my map, but I have begun working on the ranking system that I will be using for my raster data. I have two layers of raster data which are the monthly average precipitation and the monthly average temperature. The monthly average precipitation raster data is split into 7 categories based on precipitation ranges. Also, the monthly average temperature raster data is split into 7 categories based on temperature ranges. I have also decided to base my project on monthly averages from the month of September. This is because September is the month when wildfires are the most common.
This shows my categories for monthly average temperature during the month of september. The highest temperatures receive the highest number while the lowest temperatures receieve the lowest number.
This past week I was supposed to be working on querying my data in order to only show the western United States, but I did not realize that I would need to complete a ranking system for my raster's. So, for this next week coming up, I plan to work on querying my data in order to only show the western United States and to completely finish my ranking systems. I still have to figure out how to rank my western wind data set this upcoming week and determine what some of the categories mean in the attribute table. To do this I will have to look at the metadata.
This shows my categories for monthly average precipitation during the month of september. The lowest precipitation levels recieve the highest number while the highest precipitation levels receieve the lowest number.
This past week I was supposed to be working on querying my data in order to only show the western United States, but I did not realize that I would need to complete a ranking system for my raster's. So, for this next week coming up, I plan to work on querying my data in order to only show the western United States and to completely finish my ranking systems. I still have to figure out how to rank my western wind data set this upcoming week and determine what some of the categories mean in the attribute table. To do this I will have to look at the metadata.
Hey Erica,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you've made some really great progress, despite having run into a problem not on your initial plan/outline. It seems like you are very organized and have a good plan for the upcoming week. Your precipitation and temperature values look really good and I like that you used a monochromatic color scale. From what I understand you are isolating the western US and only the data from the month of september for your map. I can't wait to see more!
I realize that I thought I had Erica's blog up but its you Lexi I apologize whoops
ReplyDeleteI would be interested to see if you would play around with the colors for the ranking, I may be misreading the temperature incorrectly, but as Dr. M always says to be weary of using the color red which implies danger/ hot.
ReplyDeleteGreat progress!