environmentaltools.graphics.cdf

environmentaltools.graphics.cdf(data: DataFrame, var: str, ax=None, file_name: str = None, seaborn: bool = False, legend: str = False, label: str = None)[source]

Plot cumulative distribution function (CDF) of data.

Displays the empirical CDF either using custom ECDF calculation or seaborn’s distribution plot with cumulative option.

Parameters:

  • data (pd.DataFrame) – Time series data.

  • var (str) – Name of the variable column to plot.

  • ax (matplotlib.axes.Axes, optional) – Axis for the plot. Creates new if None. Defaults to None.

  • file_name (str, optional) – File path to save the plot. If None, displays interactively. Defaults to None.

  • seaborn (bool) – If True, uses seaborn.distplot for CDF visualization. Defaults to False.

  • legend (bool) – If True, displays legend. Defaults to False.

  • label (str, optional) – Custom label for the plot. If None, uses variable name with units. Defaults to None.

Returns:

The axis with the plot.

Return type:

matplotlib.axes.Axes