Exporting GIF of Time-Series Trend Analysis from Kriging

Introduction and Purpose

Animating data has the ability to engage viewers in ways numerical data cannot, and can demonstrate how a phenomenon is connected and evolves, through a series of events. The ability to visualize meteorological data via a time series animation, provides viewers with an option to see the progression of cold fronts, heat waves and precipitation, and can assist in forecasting events allowing agriculture specialist to plan crop planting, irrigation, harvesting and chemical application.

In the example that will be demonstrated in this tutorial, precipitation data will be used to create a time series event that would be useful in reviewing historical data that can be used in cross analyzing weather events with floods or droughts, and to detect patterns.