[ncl-talk] Boundary city limits (case of Manaus-AM contours in Brazil)

[Jose Augusto Paixão Veiga]

Hi Dave,

I will run a search for those shape files and include them to NCL as you
recommended.

Thank you for this.

Regards.


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​*Prof. José Augusto Paixão Veiga (CREA n.: 24161)*

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On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
dave.allured at noaa.gov> wrote:

> Prof. Velga,
>
> I do not think there are any city boundaries programmed into NCL.  Please
> look to external sources for shape files for the city boundaries that you
> need.  There are many on-line sources for shape files.  Several of these
> sources are mentioned on the NCL examples page for shape files:
>
>     http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/shapefiles.shtml
>
> When you have the shape files that you need, you can add them to NCL plots
> as overlays.  Please see example shapefiles_7 on the same web page for an
> example of how to plot an outline shape file as an overlay.  Use the
> function gsn_add_shapefile_polylines to plot outline shape files.
>
> --Dave
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Jose Augusto Paixão Veiga <
> veiga.uea at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I need make a plot where I can see the boundary city limits in it.
>> Specificaly, I am plotting the temperature at 2 meters, from a WRF
>> experiment, in a domain inside the Amazon Basin. However, the limits of
>> some cities, as Manaus-AM for example, do not appear in my graph (I've
>> attached my script).
>>
>> In this case, I have some "basic" questions.
>>
>> 1)  How can I proceed to know if the boundary city limits (in my domain
>> area) is available in NCL?
>>
>> 2) It the boundaries exist, what should I do "upload" them in my script?
>>
>> I've look at some links but they (ex: http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applic
>> ations/maponly.shtml) were not enough to take my doubt on this issue.
>>
>> I appreciate if someone help me on this point.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> ======================================================
>> ​*Prof. José Augusto Paixão Veiga (CREA n.: 24161)*
>>
>> *Coordenador de Projetos Institucionais*
>> Universidade do Estado do Amazonas
>> ​(UEA)​
>>
>> Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação - PROPESP​
>> Av. Djalma Batista, 3578, Manaus-AM Brasil
>> (92)
>> ​3646-7297
>>
>> Departamento de Meteorologia
>> ​ -​
>>
>> Escola Superior de Tecnologia (EST)
>> Av. Darcy Vargas, 1200, Manaus-AM Brasil
>> (92) ​
>> 3878
>> ​-​
>> 4317
>> =====================================================
>> *Skype: veiga_j.a.p.*
>> CV: http://lattes.cnpq.br/4027612512091565
>> Site: https://scientificmet.wordpress.com
>> =====================================================
>>
>
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