\name{PlotBox}
\alias{PlotBox}
\title{
Box-And-Whisker Plot of Time Series with Ensemble Distribution
}
\description{
Produce time series of box-and-whisker plot showing the distribution of the 
members of a forecast vs. the observed evolution. The correlation between
forecast and observational data is calculated and displayed. Only works for 
n-monthly to n-yearly time series. 
}
\usage{
PlotBox(exp, obs, toptitle = '', ytitle = '', monini = 1, yearini = 0, 
        freq = 1, expname = "exp 1", obsname = "obs 1", drawleg = TRUE,
        fileout = "output_PlotBox.ps")
}
\arguments{
  \item{exp}{
Forecast array of multi-member time series, e.g., the NAO index of one 
experiment. The expected dimensions are c(members, 
start dates/forecast horizons). A vector with only the time dimension can
also be provided. Only monthly or lower frequency time series are supported.
See parameter freq.
  }
  \item{obs}{
Observational vector or array of time series, e.g., the NAO index of the 
observations that correspond the forecast data in \code{exp}.
The expected dimensions are c(start dates/forecast horizons) or 
c(1, start dates/forecast horizons). Only monthly or lower frequency time 
series are supported. See parameter freq.
  }
  \item{toptitle}{
Character string to be drawn as figure title.
  }
  \item{ytitle}{
Character string to be drawn as y-axis title.
  }
  \item{monini}{
Number of the month of the first time step, from 1 to 12.
  }
  \item{yearini}{
Year of the first time step.
  }
  \item{freq}{
Frequency of the provided time series: 1 = yearly, 12 = monthly, 
4 = seasonal, ... Default = 12.
  }
  \item{expname}{
Experimental dataset name.
  }
  \item{obsname}{
Name of the observational reference dataset.
  }
  \item{drawleg}{
TRUE/FALSE: whether to draw the legend or not.
  } 
  \item{fileout}{
Name of the postscript output file, 'output_plotbox.ps' by default.
  }
}
\value{
Generates a file at the path specified via \code{fileout}.
}
\examples{
# See examples on Load() to understand the first lines in this example
  \dontrun{
data_path <- system.file('sample_data', package = 's2dverification')
expA <- list(name = 'experiment', path = file.path(data_path,
             'model/$EXP_NAME$/$STORE_FREQ$_mean/$VAR_NAME$_3hourly',
             '$VAR_NAME$_$START_DATE$.nc'))
obsX <- list(name = 'observation', path = file.path(data_path,
             '$OBS_NAME$/$STORE_FREQ$_mean/$VAR_NAME$',
             '$VAR_NAME$_$YEAR$$MONTH$.nc'))

# Now we are ready to use Load().
startDates <- c('19851101', '19901101', '19951101', '20001101', '20051101')
sampleData <- Load('tos', list(expA), list(obsX), startDates,
                   leadtimemin = 1, leadtimemax = 4, output = 'lonlat',
                   latmin = 27, latmax = 48, lonmin = -12, lonmax = 40)
  }
  \dontshow{
startDates <- c('19851101', '19901101', '19951101', '20001101', '20051101')
sampleData <- s2dverification:::.LoadSampleData('tos', c('experiment'),
                                                c('observation'), startDates,
                                                leadtimemin = 1,
                                                leadtimemax = 4,
                                                output = 'lonlat',
                                                latmin = 27, latmax = 48,
                                                lonmin = -12, lonmax = 40)
  }
# Now ready to compute the EOFs and project on, for example, the first 
# variability mode.
ano <- Ano_CrossValid(sampleData$mod, sampleData$obs)
nao <- NAO(ano$ano_exp, ano$ano_obs, sampleData$lon, sampleData$lat)
# Finally plot the nao index
PlotBox(nao$NAO_exp, nao$NAO_obs, "NAO index, DJF", "NAO index (PC1) TOS", 
        monini = 12, yearini = 1985, freq = 1, "Exp. A", "Obs. X")
}
\author{
History:\cr
0.1  -  2013-09  (F. Lienert, \email{flienert at ic3.cat})  -  Original code\cr
0.2  -  2015-03  (L. Batte, \email{lauriane.batte at ic3.cat})  -  Removed all\cr
normalization for sake of clarity.
1.0  -  2016-03  (N. Manubens, \email{nicolau.manubens at bsc.es})  -  Formatting to R CRAN
}
\seealso{
EOF, ProjectField, NAO
}
\keyword{datagen}
