[ncl-talk] smooth contours of a one dimensional variable with spatial attributes

[Sam McClatchie]

Colleagues

I'm plotting surfaces using a one dimensional variable with spatial 
attributes:

; read in CalCOFI larval data
       in                           = 
addfile("../data/CalCOFI_vinciguerria_by_cruise_"+cruise+".nc","r")
       larvae                    = in->larvae_10m2
       larvae at lat1d         = in->latitude
       larvae at lon1d        = in->longitude
..................
plot_Vinciguerria            = gsn_csm_contour_map_ce(wks,larvae,res)

here's a summary of the variable being plotted =====================
ncl 55> printVarSummary(larvae)

Variable: larvae
Type: float
Total Size: 716 bytes
             179 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes:    [row | 179]
Coordinates:
Number Of Attributes: 5
   actual_range :    (  0, 175.07 )
   coordinates :    time latitude longitude
   ioos_category :    Other
   long_name :    Standardized count of larvae for oblique tows
   units :    Fish larvae per ten meters squared of water sampled
ncl 56>
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If you look at my plots, it's pretty clear that some smoothing of the 
contours would be a good idea:
<https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZCAIe7ZthCAvhQXclQFi79D7Tv6xpCASSn7>

However, all of the smoothing functions I've seen (e.g. smth9) seem to 
need a 2-dimensional variable to work. I'm probably asking a silly 
question, but how do I smooth a contour plot that uses a one-dimensional 
variable with spatial attributes?

Best fishes
Sam
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