t.rast.series(1)

NAME
t.rast.series - Performs different aggregation algorithms from r.series on all or a subset of raster maps in a space time raster dataset.

KEYWORDS
temporal, aggregation, series, raster, time

SYNOPSIS
t.rast.series
t.rast.series --help
t.rast.series [-tn] input=name method=string[,string,...] [quantile=float[,float,...]] [order=string[,string,...]] [where=sql_query] output=name[,name,...] [--overwrite] [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

  Flags:

-t
    Do not assign the space time raster dataset start and end time to the output map

-n
    Propagate NULLs

--overwrite
    Allow output files to overwrite existing files

--help
    Print usage summary

--verbose
    Verbose module output

--quiet
    Quiet module output

--ui
    Force launching GUI dialog

  Parameters:

input=name [required]
    Name of the input space time raster dataset

method=string[,string,...] [required]
    Aggregate operation to be performed on the raster maps
    Options: average, count, median, mode, minimum, min_raster, maximum, max_raster, stddev, range, sum, variance, diversity, slope, offset, detcoeff, quart1, quart3, perc90, quantile, skewness, kurtosis
    Default: average

quantile=float[,float,...]
    Quantile to calculate for method=quantile
    Options: 0.0-1.0

order=string[,string,...]
    Sort the maps by category
    Options: id, name, creator, mapset, creation_time, modification_time, start_time, end_time, north, south, west, east, min, max
    Default: start_time

where=sql_query
    WHERE conditions of SQL statement without ’where’ keyword used in the temporal GIS framework
    Example: start_time > ’2001-01-01 12:30:00’

output=name[,name,...] [required]
    Name for output raster map(s)

DESCRIPTION
The input of this module is a single space time raster dataset, the output is a single raster map layer. A subset of the input space time raster dataset can be selected using the where option. The sorting of the raster map layer can be set using the order option. Be aware that the order of the maps can significantly influence the result of the aggregation (e.g.: slope). By default the maps are ordered by start_time.

t.rast.series is a simple wrapper for the raster module r.series. It supports a subset of the aggregation methods of r.series.

EXAMPLES

  Estimate the average temperature for the whole time series
Here the entire stack of input maps is considered:

t.rast.series input=tempmean_monthly output=tempmean_average method=average

  Estimate the average temperature for a subset of the time series
Here the stack of input maps is limited to a certain period of time:

t.rast.series input=tempmean_daily output=tempmean_season method=average \
  where="start_time >= ’2012-06’ and start_time <= ’2012-08’"

  Climatology: single month in a multi-annual time series
By considering only a single month in a multi-annual time series the so-called climatology can be computed. Estimate average temperature for all January maps in the time series:

t.rast.series input=tempmean_monthly \
    method=average output=tempmean_january \
    where="strftime(’%m’, start_time)=’01’"
# equivalently, we can use
t.rast.series input=tempmean_monthly \
    output=tempmean_january method=average \
    where="start_time = datetime(start_time, ’start of year’, ’0 month’)"
# if we want also February and March averages
t.rast.series input=tempmean_monthly \
    output=tempmean_february method=average \
    where="start_time = datetime(start_time, ’start of year’, ’1 month’)"
t.rast.series input=tempmean_monthly \
    output=tempmean_march method=average \
    where="start_time = datetime(start_time, ’start of year’, ’2 month’)"

Generalizing a bit, we can estimate monthly climatologies for all months by means of different methods

for i in `seq -w 1 12` ; do
  for m in average stddev minimum maximum ; do
    t.rast.series input=tempmean_monthly method=${m} output=tempmean_${m}_${i} \
    where="strftime(’%m’, start_time)=’${i}’"
  done
done

SEE ALSO
r.series, t.create, t.info

Temporal data processing Wiki

AUTHOR
Sören Gebbert, Thünen Institute of Climate-Smart Agriculture

SOURCE CODE

Available at: t.rast.series source code (history)

Accessed: Monday Jul 13 00:52:07 2026

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