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CPT Help Home -> Specific Menu Items -> Tools -> Verification -> Skill Map Verification - Skill Map / Bar ChartThe verifation window provides a map (if the Y data are in gridded or station format) or a bar chart (otherwise) of a specific probabilistic performance measure for all series at once. Graphics for the desired score can be shown by selecting the appropriate button. If the Probabilistic Forecast Verification option is not being used, maps of scores for determinstic retroactive forecasts can be viewed from the Validation menu item. The map title can be reset by right-clicking on the image and then selecting the Customise option. Further options for customizing the maps, including masking lakes or land areas, resetting the size of the fonts and of the image itself, are available from Options ~ Graphics. The scores can be saved by right-clicking on the map. Similarly, the graphic can be saved as a BMP, EMF, GIF, JPEG, PCX, or PNG file by right-clicking anywhere in the child window and selecting Export. A default name is given to the graphic file, but this name can be changed using the browse button. The quality of the JPEG file can be adjusted using the slider or by the quality indicator, which ranges between 0.01 and 1.00. The highest quality is obtained using 1.00. The size of the JPEG file is affected by the quality chosen, with larger files being generated the higher the selected quality. The image quality for all the graphics formats can be improved by increasing the size of the image (see Options ~ Graphics ~ Graph Scaling).
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