In recent years, the quantity of time series data generated in a wide variety
of domains grown consistently. Thus, it is difficult for analysts to process
and understand this overwhelming amount of data. In the specific case of time
series data another problem arises: time series can be highly interrelated.
This problem becomes even more challenging when a set of parameters
influences the progression of a time series. However, while most visual
analysis techniques support the analysis of short time periods, e.g. one day
or one week, they fail to visualize large-scale time series, ranging over one
year or more. In our approach we present a time series matrix visualization
that tackles this problem. Its primary advantages are that it scales to a
large number of time series with different start and end points and allows
for the visual comparison / correlation analysis of a set of influencing
factors. To evaluate our approach, we applied our technique to a real-world
data set, showing the impact of local weather conditions on the efficiency of
photovoltaic power plants.