Batch questions
Ask many events at once. Upload a CSV with one question per row; each is answered like a single question: seasonal cycle and long-term trend removed, then the event period is tested against normal variability.
Your questions
Drop a CSV file here or
The file is read in your browser. Only question text without a variables cell is sent to the variable suggester.
CSV format
The first line names the columns, in any order. Only question is required; an empty cell is worked out for you.
| Column | What goes in it | If empty |
|---|---|---|
| question | The event in your own words, up to 300 characters. | Required. |
| time | 2021-02..2021-05, a single 2021-02, or words: “Feb–May 2021”, “2022”. Or use two columns, start and end. | Read from the question (a year alone means the whole year). |
| region | A sub-basin id (b4-4040046370), or a river or country: “Indus”, “Taiwan”, “巴基斯坦”. | Read from the question. |
| variables | Category ids or names separated by ; — precip;soil;tws. | Suggested from the question, as on the Detective page. |
| pad | Months left out of the baseline either side of the event, 3–60. | 12. |
Variable ids: precip, et, soil, tws, runoff, snow, tair, vpd, energy, wind, ndvi, sst, aod, ozone, vapor, so2, fire
question,time,region,variables,pad 2021 Taiwan spring drought,2021-02..2021-05,b4-4040046370,precip;soil;tws;ndvi, 2022 Pakistan floods,2022-07..2022-09,Indus,, "2019–20 Australian Black Summer, drought and bushfires",2019-09..2020-01,b4-5040070710,precip;soil;tair;ndvi,24 Heatwave in the Yangtze basin in August 2022,,,,
Commas inside a cell need quotes: "Floods, 2022". Semicolon- and tab-separated files work too. Lines starting with # are skipped. At most 200 questions, 1 MB.