

From list of options that appear, tick Superscript.

To obtain subscript -1, highlight it in title area and press right click, select Font. Highlight the text and type the x-axis label. Select the data and click on the Insert tab at the top of the spreadsheet.Ĭlick on Scatter followed by the icon for the scatter chart with no lines shown.Ĭlick on the Design tab under Chart Tools.Ĭlick on Add Chart element and select Axis title followed by Primary Horizontal.Ī box labelled Axis Title will appear at the bottom of the graph. To do this in Excel is straightforward and will demonstrated using the data used for the Adding Experimental Data section of this tutorial. The analysis of experimental results often involves the plotting of graphs. Save your excel file.Using Excel 2016 - Plotting Graphs (VIEW THIS TUTORIAL AS A VIDEO) OK, you are done creating a time series plot. Precipitation data are typically represented by using column plots. Long-term streamflow data as shown above and streamflow hydrographs for individual events are typically presented by using smooth scatter plots. The legend, title and axes of this plot can then be reformatted to make the time series plot look a little more legible and professional as shown below. From scatter plot options, select Scatter with Smooth Lines as shown below.Ī time series plot of streamflow will be created as shown below. Next, click on the Insert ribbon, and then select Scatter. To create a time series plot in Excel, first select the time (DateTime in this case) Column and then the data series (streamflow in this case) column. The time stamp associated with data is stored in one column in Excel, and corresponding data values are stored in another column as shown below (Column C has time stamp and column D has streamflow values in cfs). To create a time series plot, both the time stamp and data value are needed. You can get the input data from the following link: Streamflow Time Series (Excel 2007 (.xlsx) 109kB Nov6 12) Creating a Time Series PlotĪ time series of USGS streamflow records for a station is shown below in an Excel sheet. The output of the exporting data module becomes the input for this module. To get the data for this module, you must have completed downloading and exporting the data module. It is assumed that all the data is already imported into Excel. The module is developed by using USGS streamflow data as an example, but the same process can be followed for any data series. The purpose of this module is to demonstrate how to create a time-series plot using MS Excel. Creating a Time Series Plot in Excel Purpose
