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PROGRAM:

NAME

trend2d - Fit a [weighted] [robust] polynomial model for z = f(x,y) to xyz[w] data

SYNOPSIS

trend2d [ table ] xyzmrw n_model[r] [ xyz[w]file ] [ condition_number ] [
[confidence_level] ] [ [level] ] [ ] [ [ -b<binary> ] [ -d<nodata> ] [ -f<flags> ] [
-h<headers> ] [ -i<flags> ] [ -:[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.

--version
Print GMT version and exit.

--show-datadir
Print full path to GMT share directory and exit.

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

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