The Generate Multidimensional Anomaly tool computes the anomaly for each slice in an existing multidimensional raster to generate a new multidimensional imagery layer.
The output is a hosted imagery layer.
Example
You have monthly ocean temperature data, collected every 1 meter of depth up to 100 meters. Use the Generate Multidimensional Anomaly tool to calculate the temperature anomalies as deviations from the yearly mean and return anomaly values for each of the 100 depths.
Usage notes
Generate Multidimensional Anomaly includes configurations for input layers, anomaly settings, and the result layer.
Input layers
The Input layers group includes the following parameters:
- Multidimensional imagery layer is the multidimensional imagery layer that will be used to locate the areas where the observation deviates from its standard, mean, or median value.
- Variables indicates the values that will be considered when generating anomalies.
Anomaly settings
The Anomaly settings group includes the following parameters:
- Anomaly calculation method specifies the method that will be used to calculate the anomaly. The options are as follows:
Difference from mean—The difference between a pixel value and the mean of that pixel's value across slices defined by the interval will be calculated.
Difference from mean=x - µ
- x=Pixel value in a slice
- µ=Mean of the pixel's values over the given time interval
Percent difference from mean—The percent difference between a pixel value and the mean of that pixel's value across slices defined by the interval will be calculated.
Percent difference from mean=|x - µ| / [(x + µ)/2]
- x=Pixel value in a slice
- µ=Mean of the pixel's values over the given time interval
- |x - µ|=Absolute value of the difference between the value and the mean
Percent of mean—The percent of the mean will be calculated.
Percent of mean=x / µ
- x=Pixel value in a slice
- µ=Mean of the pixel's values over the given time interval
Z score—The z-score for each pixel will be calculated. A z-score of 0 indicates that the pixel's value is identical to the mean. A z-score of 1 indicates that the pixel's value is 1 standard deviation from the mean. If a z-score is 2, the pixel's value is 2 standard deviations from the mean, and so on.
Z-score=(x - µ) / S
- x=Pixel value in a slice
- µ=Mean of the pixel's values over the given time interval
- S=The standard deviation of the pixel's values over the given time interval
Difference from median—The difference between a pixel value and the mathematical median of that pixel's values across slices defined by the interval will be calculated.
Difference from median=x - ß
- x=Pixel value in a slice
- ß=Median of the pixel's values over the given time interval
Percent difference from median—The percent difference between a pixel value and the mathematical median of that pixel's values across slices defined by the interval will be calculated.
Percent difference from median=|x - ß| / [(x + ß)/2]
- x=Pixel value in a slice
- ß=Median of the pixel's values over the given time interval
- |x - ß|=Absolute value of the difference between the value and the median
Percent of median—The percent of the mathematical median will be calculated.
Percent of median=x / ß
- x=Pixel value in a slice
- ß=Median of the pixel's values over the given time interval
- Mean calculation interval specifies the temporal interval that will be used to calculate the mean. The external imagery layer can be a single layer or a multidimensional imagery layer. If the input is a single imagery layer, the difference from the mean will be calculated by comparing the pixel values in each slice to the corresponding pixel value in the external imagery layer. If the input is a multidimensional imagery layer, corresponding slices will be compared to calculate the difference from the mean, so the number and name of the variables and dimensions must match.
- All—The mean will be calculated across all slices for each pixel.
- Yearly—The yearly mean will be calculated for each pixel.
- Recurring monthly—The monthly mean will be calculated for each pixel.
- Recurring weekly—The weekly mean will be calculated for each pixel.
- Recurring daily—The daily mean will be calculated for each pixel.
- Hourly—The hourly mean will be calculated for each pixel.
- External raster—An existing imagery layer that contains the mean or median value for each pixel will be referenced.
- Reference raster indicates the imagery layers that contain a previously calculated mean for each pixel. The anomalies will be calculated in comparison to this mean.
- Ignore NoData specifies whether NoData values will be ignored in the analysis. If checked, the analysis will include all valid pixels along a given dimension and ignore any NoData pixels. This is the default. If unchecked, the analysis will result in NoData if there are any NoData values for the pixels along the given dimension.
Result layer
The Result layer group includes the following parameters:
- Output name specifies the name of the layer that is created and displayed. The name must be unique. If a layer with the same name already exists in your organization, the tool will fail and you will be prompted to use a different name.
- Output layer type specifies the type of raster output that will be created. The output can be either a tiled imagery layer or a dynamic imagery layer.
- Save in folder specifies the name of a folder in My content where the result will be saved.
Environments
Analysis environment settings are additional parameters that affect a tool's results. You can access the tool's analysis environment settings from the Environment settings parameter group.
This tool honors the following analysis environments:
- Output coordinate system
- Geographic transformations
- Processing extent
Note:
The default processing extent is Full extent. This default is different from Map Viewer Classic in which Use current map extent is enabled by default.
- Snap raster
- Cell size
- Resampling method
Credits
This tool consumes credits.
Use Estimate credits to calculate the number of credits that will be required to run the tool. For more information, see Understand credits for spatial analysis.
Outputs
The output includes one thematic imagery layer with the areas that are significantly different from the specified measurement. If the input imagery layer was multidimensional, the output layer will be multidimensional.
Usage requirements
This tool requires the following user type and configurations:
- Professional or Professional Plus user type
- Publisher, Facilitator, or Administrator role, or an equivalent custom role with the Imagery Analysis privilege
Resources
Use the following resources to learn more:
- Generate Multidimensional Anomaly in ArcGIS REST API
- generate_multidimensional_anomaly in ArcGIS API for Python
- Generate Multidimensional Anomaly in ArcGIS Pro