1 #!/usr/bin/gnuplot -persist
5 # Version 4.6 patchlevel 6 last modified September 2014
6 # Build System: Linux x86_64
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9 # Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others
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13 # immediate help: type "help" (plot window: hit 'h')
15 set title "Seasonal phenomenon, highlighted with a seasonal gradient in the background"
19 set key noreverse enhanced autotitles box linetype -1 linewidth 1.000
20 set key vert out bottom center
21 set key width 2 height 1
25 set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d"
27 set xtics out nomirror rotate by -45
29 set ylabel "y" norotate
30 set ytics out nomirror 1
32 # Define a color palette representing the "season temperature"
34 set palette maxcolors 4
35 set palette model HSV defined ( \
36 0 200/360. _saturation 1, \
37 1 100/360. _saturation 1, \
38 2 80/360. _saturation 1, \
39 3 20/360. _saturation 1, \
40 3 0/360. _saturation 1, \
41 3 360/360. _saturation 1, \
42 4 290/360. _saturation 1)
46 # Seasons order as in the northern hemiphere
47 set cbtics offset 0,+3 ( \
54 # Utility functions to deal with seasons
56 # When data is time, intervals are in seconds
57 one_year = 60 * 60 * 24 * 365.25
58 three_months = one_year / 4
60 # Argument is a month between 0 and 11
61 season(x) = ((int(x) + 1) % 12) / 3
63 # Argument is a season between 0 and 3.
65 # NOTE: when rotating modulo 12, increasing by 11 is the same as subtracting
66 # by 1, the increment is used here because gnuplot does not handle the modulo
67 # with negative numbers very well
68 first_month_of_season(x) = ((int(x) * 3) + 11) % 12
70 # Winter starts the previous year if the months are January (0) of February (1)
71 start_of_season(x) = strptime("%Y-%m-%d", "" . (int(tm_year(x)) - (int(tm_mon(x)) < 2)) . "-" . int(first_month_of_season(season(tm_mon(x))) + 1) . "-21")
73 # Calculate the difference between two dates.
74 months_between_dates(a, b) = int((tm_year(b) - tm_year(a)) * 12 + tm_mon(b) - tm_mon(a))
76 # One season is 3 months.
77 seasons_between_dates(a, b) = int(months_between_dates(a, b) / 3)
79 # Dummy plot to gather some stats from the dataset
81 plot 'data.dat' using 1:2
83 xmin = start_of_season(GPVAL_DATA_X_MIN)
84 xmax = start_of_season(GPVAL_DATA_X_MAX + three_months)
88 set xrange [xmin:xmax]
89 set yrange [ymin:ymax]
91 # Calculate the x sampling rate for the '+' plot below.
92 # Have one sample per season, the +1 is to include the season of xmax.
93 # This way we draw only the strictly needed boxxys for the background.
94 x_samples = seasons_between_dates(xmin, xmax) + 1
95 set samples x_samples, 100
97 # NOTE that the ticks will be placed at the beginning of months regardless of
98 # the day of the month of xmin. See:
99 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42212039/gnuplot-xtic-labels-mispositioning-with-dates
100 set xtics xmin,three_months
103 #set terminal png notransparent nocrop truecolor rounded enhanced font "arial,8" fontscale 1.0
104 #set output 'full_range_seasonal.png'
106 # Use the boxxyerrorbars style to draw the background choosing the color
107 # according to the season.
109 '+' using (0):(0):(start_of_season($1)):(start_of_season($1 + three_months)):(ymin):(ymax):(season(tm_mon($1))) with boxxy fc palette fs solid notitle, \
110 'data.dat' using 1:2 w l lc rgb "black" title "data"