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  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
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   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "import hvplot.pandas  # noqa"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Kernel density estimate (`kde`) provides a mechanism for showing the distribution and spread of the data. In `hvplot` the method is exposed both as `kde` and `density`."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "from bokeh.sampledata import sea_surface_temperature as sst\n",
    "\n",
    "df = sst.sea_surface_temperature\n",
    "df.tail()"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "df.hvplot.kde()"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "There are many options exposed and explorable using tab completion. In this case we'll create a colormap that spans the rainbow and divide the temperature by month."
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "import numpy as np\n",
    "import colorcet as cc"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "categorical_cmap = [cc.rainbow[int(i)] for i in np.linspace(0, 255, 12)]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "df.hvplot.kde(by='time.month', cmap=categorical_cmap, legend='top', height=400)"
   ]
  }
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