trend2d(1gmt)
NAME
trend2d - Fit a [weighted] [robust] polynomial model for z = f(x,y) to xyz[w] data
SYNOPSIS
trend2d [ table ] -Fxyzmrw -Nn_model[r] [ xyz[w]file ] [ -Ccondition_number ] [ -I[confidence_level] ] [ -V[level] ] [ -W ] [ [ -bbinary ] [ -dnodata ] [ -fflags ] [ -hheaders ] [ -iflags ] [ -:[i|o] ] Note: No space is allowed between the option flag and the associated arguments.
DESCRIPTION
trend2d reads x,y,z [and w] values from the first three [four] columns
on standard input [or xyz[w]file] and fits a regression model z =
f(x,y) + e by [weighted] least squares. The fit may be made robust by
iterative reweighting of the data. The user may also search for the
number of terms in f(x,y) which significantly reduce the variance in z.
n_model may be in [1,10] to fit a model of the following form (similar
to grdtrend):
m1 + m2*x + m3*y + m4*x*y + m5*x*x + m6*y*y + m7*x*x*x + m8*x*x*y +
m9*x*y*y + m10*y*y*y.
The user must specify -Nn_model, the number of model parameters to use;
thus, -N4 fits a bilinear trend, -N6 a quadratic surface, and so on.
Optionally, append r to perform a robust fit. In this case, the program
will iteratively reweight the data based on a robust scale estimate, in
order to converge to a solution insensitive to outliers. This may be
handy when separating a "regional" field from a "residual" which should
have non-zero mean, such as a local mountain on a regional surface.
REQUIRED ARGUMENTS
-Fxyzmrw
Specify up to six letters from the set {x y z m r w} in any
order to create columns of ASCII [or binary] output. x = x, y =
y, z = z, m = model f(x,y), r = residual z - m, w = weight used
in fitting.
-Nn_model[r]
Specify the number of terms in the model, n_model, and append r
to do a robust fit. E.g., a robust bilinear model is -N4r.
OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS
table One or more ASCII [or binary, see -bi] files containing x,y,z
[w] values in the first 3 [4] columns. If no files are
specified, trend2d will read from standard input.
-Ccondition_number
Set the maximum allowed condition number for the matrix
solution. trend2d fits a damped least squares model, retaining
only that part of the eigenvalue spectrum such that the ratio of
the largest eigenvalue to the smallest eigenvalue is
condition_#. [Default: condition_# = 1.0e06. ].
-I[confidence_level]
Iteratively increase the number of model parameters, starting at
one, until n_model is reached or the reduction in variance of
the model is not significant at the confidence_level level. You
may set -I only, without an attached number; in this case the
fit will be iterative with a default confidence level of 0.51.
Or choose your own level between 0 and 1. See remarks section.
-V[level] (more ...)
Select verbosity level [c].
-W Weights are supplied in input column 4. Do a weighted least
squares fit [or start with these weights when doing the
iterative robust fit]. [Default reads only the first 3 columns.]
-bi[ncols][t] (more ...)
Select native binary input. [Default is 3 (or 4 if -W is set)
input columns].
-bo[ncols][type] (more ...)
Select native binary output. [Default is 1-6 columns as set by
-F].
-d[i|o]nodata (more ...)
Replace input columns that equal nodata with NaN and do the
reverse on output.
-f[i|o]colinfo (more ...)
Specify data types of input and/or output columns.
-h[i|o][n][+c][+d][+rremark][+rtitle] (more ...)
Skip or produce header record(s).
-icols[l][sscale][ooffset][,...] (more ...)
Select input columns (0 is first column).
-:[i|o] (more ...)
Swap 1st and 2nd column on input and/or output.
-^ or just -
Print a short message about the syntax of the command, then
exits (NOTE: on Windows use just -).
-+ or just +
Print an extensive usage (help) message, including the
explanation of any module-specific option (but not the GMT
common options), then exits.
-? or no arguments
Print a complete usage (help) message, including the explanation
of options, then exits.
REMARKS
The domain of x and y will be shifted and scaled to [-1, 1] and the basis functions are built from Chebyshev polynomials. These have a numerical advantage in the form of the matrix which must be inverted and allow more accurate solutions. In many applications of trend2d the user has data located approximately along a line in the x,y plane which makes an angle with the x axis (such as data collected along a road or ship track). In this case the accuracy could be improved by a rotation of the x,y axes. trend2d does not search for such a rotation; instead, it may find that the matrix problem has deficient rank. However, the solution is computed using the generalized inverse and should still work out OK. The user should check the results graphically if trend2d shows deficient rank. NOTE: The model parameters listed with -V are Chebyshev coefficients; they are not numerically equivalent to the m#s in the equation described above. The description above is to allow the user to match -N with the order of the polynomial surface. For evaluating Chebyshev polynomials, see grdmath. The -Nn_modelr (robust) and -I (iterative) options evaluate the significance of the improvement in model misfit Chi-Squared by an F test. The default confidence limit is set at 0.51; it can be changed with the -I option. The user may be surprised to find that in most cases the reduction in variance achieved by increasing the number of terms in a model is not significant at a very high degree of confidence. For example, with 120 degrees of freedom, Chi-Squared must decrease by 26% or more to be significant at the 95% confidence level. If you want to keep iterating as long as Chi-Squared is decreasing, set confidence_level to zero. A low confidence limit (such as the default value of 0.51) is needed to make the robust method work. This method iteratively reweights the data to reduce the influence of outliers. The weight is based on the Median Absolute Deviation and a formula from Huber [1964], and is 95% efficient when the model residuals have an outlier-free normal distribution. This means that the influence of outliers is reduced only slightly at each iteration; consequently the reduction in Chi-Squared is not very significant. If the procedure needs a few iterations to successfully attenuate their effect, the significance level of the F test must be kept low.
ASCII FORMAT PRECISION
The ASCII output formats of numerical data are controlled by parameters in your gmt.conf file. Longitude and latitude are formatted according to FORMAT_GEO_OUT, whereas other values are formatted according to FORMAT_FLOAT_OUT. Be aware that the format in effect can lead to loss of precision in the output, which can lead to various problems downstream. If you find the output is not written with enough precision, consider switching to binary output (-bo if available) or specify more decimals using the FORMAT_FLOAT_OUT setting.
EXAMPLES
To remove a planar trend from data.xyz by ordinary least squares, use:
gmt trend2d data.xyz -Fxyr -N2 > detrended_data.xyz
To make the above planar trend robust with respect to outliers, use:
gmt trend2d data.xzy -Fxyr -N2r > detrended_data.xyz
To find out how many terms (up to 10 in a robust interpolant are
significant in fitting data.xyz, use:
gmt trend2d data.xyz -N10r -I -V
SEE ALSO
gmt, grdmath, grdtrend, trend1d
REFERENCES
Huber, P. J., 1964, Robust estimation of a location parameter, Ann. Math. Stat., 35, 73-101. Menke, W., 1989, Geophysical Data Analysis: Discrete Inverse Theory, Revised Edition, Academic Press, San Diego.
COPYRIGHT
2016, P. Wessel, W. H. F. Smith, R. Scharroo, J. Luis, and F. Wobbe
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