<div dir="ltr">Hi <span style="font-size:12.8px">Ioana</span>,<div>You are setting cnLevelSelectionMode = &quot;ExplicitLevels&quot;, but you are setting cnMinLevelValF, cnMaxLevelValF, and cnLevelSpacingF. If you want to set those three resources, you need to set cnLevelSelectionMode = &quot;ManualLevels&quot;.</div><div><br></div><div>See example #1 here:</div><div><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/contourLev.shtml#ex1">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/contourLev.shtml#ex1</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you have any further questions please let ncl-talk know.</div><div>Adam</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Ioana Colfescu <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ioana.colfescu@ed.ac.uk" target="_blank">ioana.colfescu@ed.ac.uk</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
I&#39;m trying to plot a field using two color maps - one for the &#39;higher latitudes&#39; and another one for the tropics. The area in the lower lats I try to plot is S to N for example 25S to 25N.When I try to plot this area, using the second color bar it doesn&#39;t work ( see plot attached - second color bar starts at around 0 not -25) so I only get the positive plotted values.<br>
I attached the plot and the code part that is relevant to the problem I have. Could anyone please help me figure out what should I do to have the second plot from 25S to 25N ?<br>
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  res@vpXF                  = 0.08<br>
  res@vpYF                  = 0.88<br>
  res@vpWidthF              = 0.80<br>
  res@vpHeightF             = 0.60<br>
  res@sfXArray              = lon<br>
  res@sfYArray              = lat<br>
  res@gsnAddCyclic          = False<br>
; resources for the two plots<br>
  tres                       = res<br>
  dres                       = res<br>
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;---set resources specific to  plot 1<br>
  tres@cnLevelSelectionMode  = &quot;ExplicitLevels&quot;<br>
  res@cnMinLevelValF       = -0.08                ; set min contour level<br>
  res@cnMaxLevelValF       =  0.08               ; set max contour level<br>
  res@cnLevelSpacingF      =  0.006<br>
  tres@mpDataSetName         = &quot;Earth..4&quot;<br>
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  tres@mpMinLatF             = min(lat)    ; zoom in on map<br>
  tres@mpMaxLatF             = max(lat)<br>
  tres@mpMinLonF             = min(lon)<br>
  tres@mpMaxLonF             = max(lon)<br>
  tres@tiMainOffsetYF        = -0.04   ; moves title closer to plot.<br>
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;---set resources specific to second plot<br>
  dres@cnLevelSelectionMode  = &quot;ExplicitLevels&quot;<br>
  dres@cnMinLevelValF       = -0.008                ; set min contour level<br>
  dres@cnMaxLevelValF       =  0.008               ; set max contour level<br>
  dres@cnLevelSpacingF      =  0.0006<br>
  dres@lbOrientation         = &quot;Vertical&quot;<br>
  dres@pmLabelBarOrthogonalPosF = -0.01    ; move labelbar closer to plot<br>
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  dres@mpShapeMode  = &quot;FreeAspect&quot;<br>
  dres@vpWidthF      = 0.8<br>
  dres@vpHeightF     = 0.4<br>
  dres@lbLabelFontHeightF =.01                 ; make labels larger<br>
  ter_plot = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,agcms1(1,1,:,:),tres)<br>
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  dbz_plot = gsn_csm_contour(wks,agcms1(1,1,{-25:25},:)*100,dres)<br>
  overlay(ter_plot,dbz_plot)<br>
  draw(ter_plot)<br>
  frame(wks)<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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