Triangular Plot

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/maillists/tmap/ferret_users/fu_2007/msg00384.html

This is a triangular plot map of maximum humidity on the island of Kauai. A triangular plot is a barycentric plot of three variables that add up to a constant. This plot demonstrats the maximum humidity experienced off the coast of Kauai. Notice that there is a low humidity area between AASZ-B19 and AASZ-B17. Enjoy!!

Windrose

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/climate/fresno_apr.gif
This is a windrose map and what makes this windrose map is a meteorological map showing the distribution of wind speed and wind direction at a location over a period of time. It is oriented in the cardinal directions.
This map shows strong winds coming from the north west.The location of this plot is in Fresno California.
Enjoy!!!

Climograph

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/glossary/A_D/climograph.html

This is a climograph of Memphis Tennessee. Trends in this graph can demonstrate which hemisphere a place is located. Based on the temperature trend on the Climograph, one can know that Mamphis is located in the northern hemisphere based on when the temperature peaks occur. In this graph the temperature peaks occur in June and July. In the winter in Memphis this is when there is the most precipitation and this is from the increase in cold fronts that come through the area during the winter. What makes this a Climograph is that it has a record of the history of average precip. and temperatures of the whole year.  Enjoy!!

Population Profile

http://www.allgirlsallowed.org/demographic-crisis-china-statistics

This profile is an example of China population profile. Looking at the profile there are more old people than young people. This is due to the one child policy implemented by the Chinese government in 1970 and since then birth rates have dropped drastically. Also there are selective abortions where female babies are aborted so that a family can keep a male baby to provide for the family.What makes this a population profile is that it has bar graphs of people in different age groups.

Scatter plot

http://www.icoachmath.com/math_dictionary/scatter_plot.html

This is a plot of studying in relation to test scores in math. The more hours of studying math the general trend of the plot is that ones test scores would go up. The A's put in 30 hours of studying for the test which is almost a full time job. School is hard work What makes this a scatterplot is that there are different points placed on a coordinate chart based on two factors. Enjoy!!!

Index value plot

http://www.cmis.csiro.au/rsm/research/remveg/vegassess_all.html

This is an example of an index value plot of the condition of the woodlands in Australia. There three categories for the woodlands in Australia on this graph. There are poor conditions,  intermediate, and good condition. Enjoy!!!

Lorenz Curve

http://ingrimayne.com/econ/AllocatingRationing/MeasuringIncomeDist.html

This curve is really good to demonstrate the distribution of income in the US. This trend do seem to be consistent throughout different countries except that it may be more extreme or less extreme. Enjoy!!!