global_time_series — Global Time Series Plots

The global_time_series task generates global time series plots of key climate metrics. It can optionally produce a Viewer page. It depends on the ts — Time Series Files task (for atmospheric and land global-mean time series) and on mpas_analysis — Ocean and Sea-Ice Analysis when ocean plots are requested.

Parameters

These 14 (non-deprecated) parameters are specific to the global_time_series task.

How to plot

There are 4 parameters that define how to plot:

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
`color`	No	`"Blue"`	Color used for the plots.
`experiment_name`	No	`""`	Label displayed on the plots.
`figstr`	No	`""`	Prefix for output figure file names.
`make_viewer`	No	`False`	Set to `True` to construct a Viewer page with extended plots. If `False`, a classic PDF will be made and/or individual PDFs will be made for additional variables specified in the `plot_<component>` parameters.

What to plot

There are 6 parameters that define what to plot:

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
`plots_original`	No	`"net_toa_flux_restom,..."`	Names of the standard (“classic”) plots to generate. Available plots and their variable requirements: `net_toa_flux_restom` — requires `RESTOM` `net_atm_energy_imbalance` — requires `RESTOM`, `RESSURF` `global_surface_air_temperature` — requires `TREFHT` `toa_radiation` — requires `FSNTOA`, `FLUT` `net_atm_water_imbalance` — requires `PRECC`, `PRECL`, `QFLX` `change_ohc` — requires ocean data `max_moc` — requires ocean MOC data `change_sea_level` — requires ocean data Remove the three ocean plots if you don’t have ocean data.
`plots_atm`	No	`""`	Extra atmosphere plots. These should be a subset of the variables from `ts` global subtasks.
`plots_ice`	No	`""`	Extra sea-ice plots.
`plots_lnd`	No	`""`	Extra land plots. Set to `"all"` to include every variable in the built-in land CSV file.
`plots_ocn`	No	`""`	Extra ocean plots.
`regions`	No	`"glb,n,s"`	Regions to plot: `glb` (global), `n` (northern hemisphere), `s` (southern hemisphere).

Ocean plot requirements

There are 4 parameters that are used if ocn plots are included (plots_ocn or any of the 3 ocn plots of plots_original):

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
`climo_years`	No	`[""]`	Year ranges for climatology data (if needed).
`ts_years`	No	`[""]`	Year ranges for the time-series sub-runs to depend on.
`moc_file`	No	`""`	Path to the MOC file (for the `max_moc` plot).
`mpas_analysis_subsections`	No	`[""]`	Names of `[mpas_analysis]` subtasks to depend on. Leave empty if no subsections are defined.

Deprecated Parameters

There are 2 deprecated parameters. Specifying either will have no effect.

nrows
ncols

Parameters at the top-level

This parameter has a global_time_series-specific default, which means even if it is set at the top level ([default]) section, this default value will be used instead. Therefore, to specify a custom value, this parameter must be defined inside [global_time_series]:

Parameter	Required	Default	Description
`input_subdir`	No	`"archive/ocn/hist"`	Subdirectory with ocean data. Overrides the `[default]` value (`archive/atm/hist`).

For other top-level parameters, see top-level parameters.

Deprecated parameters

The following parameters are still in default.ini but are deprecated and have no effect: ncols, nrows.

Dependencies

Upstream (what global_time_series depends on):

ts — Time Series Files — Monthly-atm-glb ts: the 5 classic atm plots, plots for specific atm variables. Monthly-lnd-glb ts: plots for specific lnd variables.
mpas_analysis — Ocean and Sea-Ice Analysis — the 3 classic ocn plots, plots for specific ocn variables.

Downstream (what depends on global_time_series):

None.