Triangular plot

http://www.beyondveg.com/billings-t/comp-anat/chivers1992p61.gif


Triangular Plot shows the ratios of 3 variables as positions in an equilateral triangle. This plot shows the average diet for 80 primates.

Windrose

http://www.climate.washington.edu/windrose/Yakima-WindRose.jpg

Windrose is a tool used by meterologists to give a concise view of how wind speed and direction are distributed at a particular location.

Climograph

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/images/atmosphere/climate/climographs/memphis.jpg


Climograph shows precipitation and temperature conditions for a certain place. This map shows Memphis, Tennessee. The precipitation is shown using the bar graph and the temperature is shown using the line graph.

Population profile

http://www.envcomm.act.gov.au/soe/soe2004/YassValley/Graphs/population2.gif


Population profile shows the population of people in a given location. This profile shows the rise/decline in population in 2 shires in Australia.

Scatterplot

http://www.ruraltech.org/pubs/working/ft_lewis/images/fig_02.gif


Scatterplot display values for 2 variables for a certain set of data. This scatterplot displays each point which shows the annual volume growth for a tree.

Index value plot

http://www.mathworks.com/products/demos/shipping/garch/garchcopulaevtdemo_01_thumbnail.png

An index value plot is a graph showing highs and lows that is charted on a line graph. This index value plot shows the relative daily index closings for Canada, France, Germany, Japan, UK and US from 1992 to 2004.

Lorenz curve

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lorenz-curve1.png


Lorenz curve shows the part of the distribution assumed by the percent of the values. It is often used to represent income distribution.