TC-Stat Functionality
The TC-Stat tool filters the output of TC-Pairs based upon search parameters and preforms analysis jobs on the filtered subset of data. TC-Stat is similar to the STAT-Analysis tool in but operates on .tcst files rather than .stat files. It writes summary statistics to ASCII output.
Like STAT-Analysis, TC-Stat supports multiple analysis job types, described below:
- The filter job simply filters out TCMPR lines and tracks which meet the filtering options specified.
- The summary job operates on one or more columns of data and produces summary information: mean, standard deviation, min, max, and the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles. When passed a time series of data, the time series independence is assessed. It can also be used to asses the frequency of superior performance. The data to be summarized may be defined as a named column, the difference between two named columns, or the absolute value of a column or difference of columns.
- The rirw job looks for the occurence of rapid intensification or weakening in the ADeck and BDeck tracks. Those events are used to populate a 2x2 contingency table from which statistics are derived. The RI/RW event definition and matching logic are highly configurable.
TC-Stat Usage
View the usage statement for TC-Stat by simply typing the following:
At a minimum, you must specify at least on directory of file in which to find TCST data (using the -lookin command line option) and either a configuration file (using the -config command line option) or a single job command on the command line.
When -lookin is set to one or more explicit file names, TC-Stat reads them regardless of their suffix. When -lookin is set to a directory, TC-Stat searches it recursively for files with the .tcst suffix.
