RavenR (version 2.2.0)

rvn_flow_scatterplot: Scatterplot of model flows

Description

rvn_flow_scatterplot creates a scatterplot of the simulated and observed flows. Useful in diagnotic analysis of model outputs.

Usage

rvn_flow_scatterplot(
  sim,
  obs,
  add_line = TRUE,
  add_r2 = FALSE,
  add_eqn = FALSE
)

Value

TRUE

return TRUE if the function is executed properly

Arguments

sim

time series object of simulated flows

obs

time series object of observed flows

add_line

optionally adds a 1:1 line to the plot for reference (default TRUE)

add_r2

optionally computes the R2 and adds to plot (default FALSE)

add_eqn

optionally adds the equation for a linear regression line (default FALSE)

Details

Creates a scatterplot of flows.

The sim and obs should be of time series (xts) format. The flow series are assumed to be daily flows with units of m3/s.

The R2 diagnostic is calculated for a fit with no intercept (in a perfect fit the points are identical, and intercept is automatically zero). The R2 is calculated with the NA values removed

Note that a plot title is purposely omitted in order to allow the automatic generation of plot titles.

See Also

rvn_forcings_read for reading in the ForcingFunctions file

Examples

# load sample hydrograph data, two years worth of sim/obs
data(rvn_hydrograph_data)
sim <- rvn_hydrograph_data$hyd$Sub36
obs <- rvn_hydrograph_data$hyd$Sub36_ob

# plot the flow scatterplot, produce an R2 metric
rvn_flow_scatterplot(sim,obs,add_r2=TRUE)

# plot again with a regression equation
rvn_flow_scatterplot(sim,obs,add_r2=TRUE,add_eqn=TRUE)