Making An Image Using Altitude As Background Image
Making An Image Using Altitude As Background Image
Making An Image Using Altitude As Background Image
interpolation radius (in Km), Minimum number of nearest stations and Maximum number of nearest stations.
Notice the difference in the resulting images. Exercising with the settings is the best way to understand them.
First you do this for 2003 and then again for 2004.
First you export the data from AMS to ASCII using the “Tools-Make input file from database” function. This
ASCII file will be imported into Excel. You will export columns for all monthly rainfall values from September
2003 up to January
2004. You see the
following screen:
In the same way you add all 5 monthly columns for 2003 and 2004 until you have the following screen:
Press “Finish”…
First remove all stations with missing values (you cannot calculate totals for those). Create a new column at the end
of the data range and calculate the totals. The following file should remain.
Column A now represents the longitude, B the latitude and C the seasonal total. Save this worksheet to a comma
delimited CSV file using “File-Save as” with the following settings:
As a separate preparing activity you calculate the water balances for every year in history for which you have
sufficient data, calculate the index and establish a relationship between the index and the yield data obtained from
the crop assessment missions and the National Statistical Office.
Now, you can only analyze and integrate datasets if the data are in same geographical format. So, if you want to
analyze your data, select one of the three basic formats described above. The following paragraphs are an overview
of these three data formats and how to get the data from other formats into the right geographic format.
If you have data by province or district you can convert them into point data as follows:
1. Assign values to districts and provinces. Make an image of the province/districts data with the AMS
function “Tools – Assign Image Values Within Boundaries”
2. Extract values for your stations into the database with the AMS function “Database – Import - From
image”. If the parameter does not exist in the database, you will have to define a new parameter in
AMS using the “Database – Configure – Parameter Definitions” function.
3. If you want to do an analysis in Excel, export the data using the AMS function “Tools – Make input
file from database” or the “Database – Report” function.
If you have station data and you have to aggregate them to provinces and districts, you do the following:
1. Make an image of the point data using any of the functions in the AMS “Interpolate” menu. You might
want to use “Interpolate – Inverse distance” or (if you have a background field related to the
parameter) you can use the SEDI functions.
2. Extract average values for the districts by using the Windisp function Process – Stats – Average. This
will create an ASCII file with averaged values for your parameter by district/province.
3. Now you can use your data in Excel next to other data on province district level. If you are an expert in
ArcView you might join the ASCII table to an ArcView shape file.
If you have station data you can make images in just 1 step:
1. Make an image of the point data using any of the functions in the AMS “Interpolate” menu. You might
want to use “Interpolate – Inverse distance” or (if you have a background field related to the
parameter) you can use the SEDI functions.
If you have data by province or district you can convert them into images with just one step:
1. Assign values to districts and provinces. Make an image of the province/districts data with the AMS
function “Tools – Assign Image Values Within Boundaries”
Working with images is not restricted to display only. Images can be subjected to adding, subtracting and every
possible other mathematical operation using the “Tools – Image calculations with formula” function: