TIMESAT GUI is a native Qt6 desktop application for configuring, running, and visualizing TIMESAT time-series analyses.
This repository is the authoritative (official) distribution channel for the closed-source GUI and its official release artifacts.
Download the latest desktop application from GitHub Releases:
Use the Time Series Explorer in your web browser to obtain a CSV time series for analysis in TIMESAT GUI. Internet access is required.
- Open the link above and select the satellite product, vegetation index and date range.
- Select a point on the map and wait for its time-series chart to appear.
- Click the icon in the upper-right corner of the chart to open the chart view.
- Choose Download CSV and save the file to your computer.
- In TIMESAT GUI, open Inputs, use Browse... under Input Data to select the saved CSV, then click Load Data.
Before importing, check that the CSV has a header row, dates in the first column
(preferably YYYY-MM-DD) and numeric time-series values in the remaining columns.
Sort observations by date and remove rows with missing dates or values if necessary.
This GUI is distributed under a Proprietary, Research‑Only license.
See LICENSE for full terms.
Qt for Python (PySide6) is used under the LGPLv3 in the official builds.
The LGPLv3 text is bundled in the app as LGPL-3.0.txt.
Users may replace the Qt/PySide6 shared libraries in the app bundle. Typical locations:
- macOS:
TIMESAT.app/Contents/Frameworks/ - Windows:
dist/TIMESAT/(DLLs) - Linux:
dist/TIMESAT/(shared objects)
See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt for additional dependencies and licenses.
If you use TIMESAT in your research, please cite the corresponding release: