[ncl-talk] plot color fill problem

David Brown dbrown at ucar.edu
Thu Dec 29 12:14:09 MST 2016


A small correction to Dennis' last message:

The fill color of areas with missing data are controlled using the resource
cnMissingValFillColor. By default this is set to "transparent" meaning that
the background color will show up in these areas, but you can set it to any
color you want.
 -dave


On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 9:38 PM, Chao Luo <chaoluo888 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Dennis!  This works.
>
> Chao
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:57 PM, Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> By default, 'gsn_csm_contour_map' uses 'gray' to fill land.
>>
>> See: http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/maponly.shtml
>>
>> To turn this off:
>>      res at mpFillOn = False
>>
>> ===
>> The areas with no data (_FillValue) are set to the background color...
>> white here
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 7:40 PM, Chao Luo <chaoluo888 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am using NCL script to plot map contour. The plot shows gray and white
>>> color, which they are not defined in the script. I have tried some map
>>> color fill options, it is still  problem. Any suggestions and comments are
>>> very appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Chao
>>>
>>> attachments are plot  and script
>>>
>>>  load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
>>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
>>> ;load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/shea_util.ncl"
>>>  load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
>>>
>>> procedure metaUtil (z[*][*][*]:numeric, time[*], lat[*], lon[*])
>>>
>>> begin
>>>    z!0  = "time"    ; name dimensions
>>>    z!1  = "lat"
>>>    z!2  = "lon"
>>>    z&time = time    ; assign coordinate variables
>>>    z&lat  = lat
>>>    z&lon  = lon
>>> end
>>> begin
>>>   f       = addfile ("data/IC_TO_CG.hdf", "r")
>>>   lat   = f->Latitude
>>>   lon   = f->Longitude
>>>   time  = f->Day_of_year
>>> ; print(f)
>>>   IC2CG =  f->IC_TO_CG(:,:,:)    ; IC to CG ratio
>>>  IC2CG at _FillValue = -1
>>>
>>> ;;;;average data to annualy data
>>> ;   AvgTime_IC_TO_CG = dim_avg_Wrap(IC2CG(Latitude|:, Longitude|:,
>>> Day_of_year|:) )
>>>
>>>    AvgTime_July = dim_avg_Wrap(IC2CG(Latitude|:, Longitude|:,
>>> Day_of_year|181:211) )
>>>    AvgTime_Aug = dim_avg_Wrap(IC2CG(Latitude|:, Longitude|:,
>>> Day_of_year|212:242) )
>>>
>>>    printVarSummary(AvgTime_July)
>>>
>>> ;;;;; read mask data
>>>     f       = addfile ("/home/cluo/landmask.nc","r")
>>>     lat_mask =  f->lat
>>>     lon_mask =  f->lon
>>>     land = f->land(:,:,:)
>>>     printVarSummary(land)
>>>     mask1 = land
>>>     printVarSummary(mask1)do i=0, 360-1
>>>     ii = 360+i
>>>     do j=0, 360-1
>>>     jj = 359-j
>>>     mask1(0,j,i) = land(0,jj,ii)
>>>     end do
>>>     end do
>>>
>>>     do i=360, 720-1
>>>     ii = i-360
>>>     do j=0, 360-1
>>>     jj = 359-j
>>>     mask1(0,j,i) = land(0,jj,ii)
>>>     end do
>>>     end do
>>>
>>>     do i = 0, 720-1
>>>     do j = 1, 360-1
>>>     if (mask1(0,j,i).ne.0) then
>>>     AvgTime_July(j,i) = 0
>>>     end if
>>>     end do
>>>     end do
>>> ;*************create plots*******************
>>>   wks  = gsn_open_wks ("ps", "narr")          ; open workstation
>>>   gsn_define_colormap(wks,"BlAqGrYeOrRe")        ; choose colormap
>>> ; gsn_define_colormap (wks,"gui_default")         ; choose color map
>>>   plot = new(1,graphic)
>>>
>>>   res                        = True               ; plot mods desired
>>> for original grid
>>>
>>>   res at gsnDraw       = False      ; Don't draw plot or advance the
>>>   res at gsnFrame      = False      ; frame after plot is created.
>>>
>>>   res at cnFillOn               = True               ; color fill
>>>   res at cnLinesOn              = False              ; no contour lines
>>>   res at gsnSpreadColors        = True               ; use total colormap
>>>   res at gsnSpreadColorStart    = 4
>>>   res at gsnSpreadColorEnd      = -1
>>>   res at mpGridAndLimbOn        = False
>>>   res at pmTickMarkDisplayMode  = "Always"           ; turn on tickmarks
>>>   res at tmXTOn                 = False
>>>   res at gsnAddCyclic           = False              ; regional data
>>>   res at mpOutlineOn           = True                ; turn on map outline
>>>   res at mpOutlineBoundarySets = "USStates"          ; turn on state
>>> boundaries
>>> ; res at mpOutlineBoundarySets = "National"
>>>
>>>
>>>   ;;;; set boundary for subregion plot
>>>    res at mpLimitMode = "LatLon"
>>>    res at mpMinLonF   = -125
>>>    res at mpMaxLonF   = -70
>>>    res at mpMinLatF   = 25
>>>    res at mpMaxLatF   = 50
>>>    res at mpPerimOn   = True
>>>    res at mpCenterLonF =-97
>>>    res at mpCenterLatF = 35
>>> res at gsnCenterString         = "Monthly mean IC/CG, August"
>>> ; draw center subtitle
>>>   res at gsnCenterStringFontHeightF=25
>>>   res at gsnLeftString           = ""                         ; draw left
>>> subtitle
>>>   res at cnLevelSelectionMode = "ExplicitLevels" ; set explicit contour
>>> levels
>>>   res at cnLevels = (/1,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,8.,10./)
>>>   res at cnFillColors        = (/10,20,30,40,50,65,75,85,96/)
>>>   res at gsnCenterString         = "Climatology IC/CG, averaged in July"
>>>   plot(0) = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,AvgTime_July(:,:),res)
>>>
>>>   resP                            = True
>>>   resP at gsnPanelYWhiteSpacePercent = 5
>>>   resP at gsnPanelXWhiteSpacePercent = 5
>>>   resP at cnFillColors      =  (/5,10,20,30,40,50,65,75,85,96/)
>>>   resP at gsnMaximize                = True
>>> ;  resP at gsnPanelLabelBar           = True
>>>   resP at lbLabelBarOn = True
>>>   resP at gsnPaperOrientation = "portrait"
>>> ; resP at lbOrientation       = "vertical" ; vertical label bar
>>>   resP at lbOrientation       = "horizontal"
>>>   resP at lbLabelAutoStride   = True       ; nice label bar labels
>>>   resP at lbTitleOn           = True
>>>   resP at lbLabelFont = "helvetica"
>>> ; resP at lbTitleString       = "Sig lvl"
>>>   resP at lbTitlePosition     = "Bottom"
>>>   resP at lbTitleFontHeightF  = .022
>>>   resP at lbTitleDirection    = "Across"
>>> ; resP at txString            = title
>>>   gsn_panel(wks,plot,(/1,1/),resP)
>>> end
>>>
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