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Altair: Interactive Statistical Visualizations for Python

Jacob VanderPlas, Brian E. Granger, Jeffrey Heer, Dominik Moritz, Kanit Wongsuphasawat, Arvind Satyanarayan, Eitan Lees, Ilia Timofeev, Ben Welsh, Scott Sievert. The Journal of Open Source Software, 2018
Figure for Altair: Interactive Statistical Visualizations for Python
A chart supporting interactive exploration of Seattle weather over the course of a year. Brush selections along the x-axis allow viewers to easily see the distribution of weather types in a particular date range.
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@article{2018-altair,
  title = {Altair: Interactive Statistical Visualizations for Python},
  author = {VanderPlas, Jacob AND Granger, Brian AND Heer, Jeffrey AND Moritz, Dominik AND Wongsuphasawat, Kanit AND Satyanarayan, Arvind AND Lees, Eitan AND Timofeev, Ilia AND Welsh, Ben AND Sievert, Scott},
  journal = {The Journal of Open Source Software},
  year = {2018},
  volume = {3},
  number = {32},
  url = {https://uwdata.github.io/papers/altair},
  doi = {10.21105/joss.01057}
}