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Re: averaging w.r.t time resolution [message #87243 is a reply to message #87239]

Mon, 20 January 2014 08:23

Phillip Bitzer
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On Monday, January 20, 2014 7:22:05 AM UTC-6, Madhavan Bomidi wrote:

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> I have a data array for 86400 seconds each day (i.e., @ 1 second resolution). Is there any direct function in IDL which can be used to get the different time resolution (i.e., say 1 minute or 5 minute or 15 minute or 1 hour etc.) averages of the data array with respective time stamp automatically?
>

Well, you need to decide what is statistically correct for averaging your data. Simple boxcar smoothing can be done with SMOOTH.
http://www.exelisvis.com/docs/SMOOTH.html

Look at this as well, and links therein:
http://www.exelisvis.com/Company/PressRoom/Blogs/IDLDataPoin tDetail/TabId/902/ArtMID/2926/ArticleID/13080/Beware-the-beh avior-of-SMOOTH.aspx

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		averaging w.r.t time resolution By: atmospheric physics on Mon, 20 January 2014 05:22
		Re: averaging w.r.t time resolution By: Matthew on Mon, 20 January 2014 06:53
		Re: averaging w.r.t time resolution By: Phillip Bitzer on Mon, 20 January 2014 08:23

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