Hello,
I have a question about the signal smoothing example given in the documentation of Matlab.
load bostemp
days = (1:31*24)/24;plot(days, tempC)axis tightylabel('Temp (\circC)')xlabel('Time elapsed from Jan 1, 2011 (days)')title('Logan Airport Dry Bulb Temperature (source: NOAA)')
I understand that this example wants to emphasize that the measurements are taken 24 hours a day, 31 days for January. So the variable 'days' ranges from 1 to 31*24. But why divide it by 24?
Also,
hoursPerDay = 24;coeff24hMA = ones(1, hoursPerDay)/hoursPerDay;avg24hTempC = filter(coeff24hMA, 1, tempC);plot(days,[tempC avg24hTempC])
I understand that this example refers to the moving average of length N (in this case N = 24). I don't understand why there is a need to set N = 24. Why can't it be just N = 1?
Thanks for your insights
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