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    Thanks Guido,<br>
    I don't know why, but it's not working in my script, the map is
    still transparent.<br>
    Modified script is attached.<br>
    Cheers,<br>
    Jatin<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/02/2016 5:13 PM, Guido Cioni
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      Hi Jatin,
      <div class="">did you try creating a new function that fill the
        background of an annotated plot? </div>
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        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">function
            fill_background(wks,plot,color)</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">local
            xmin,xmax,ymin,yma,gres,xbox,ybox</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">begin</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">  getvalues plot</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">    "trXMinF"  : xmin</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">    "trXMaxF"  : xmax</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">    "trYMinF"  : ymin</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">    "trYMaxF"  : ymax</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">  end getvalues</font></div>
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          </font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">  xbox =
            (/xmin,xmax,xmax,xmin,xmin/)</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">  ybox =
            (/ymin,ymin,ymax,ymax,ymin/)</font></div>
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          </font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">;---Resources for
            filling the polygon</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">  gres                
            = True</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">  gres@gsFillColor    
            = color</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">  gres@tfPolyDrawOrder
            = "PreDraw"    ; This is necessary so that the </font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">                     
                            ; fill doesn't cover the curves.</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo"><br class="">
          </font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">;---Attach polygon to
            existing plot and return</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">  dum =
            gsn_add_polygon(wks,plot,xbox,ybox,gres)</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">  return(dum)</font></div>
        <div class=""><font class="" face="Menlo">end</font></div>
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        <div class="">Attached you find an example of an application
          with pdf and NCL source file used to generate the plot. </div>
        <div class="">Hope this helps.</div>
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        <div class="">Cheers</div>
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            <div class="">On 22 Feb 2016, at 06:51, Jatin Kala &lt;<a
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              <div class="">Hi,<br class="">
                I am annotating a map on top of a contour plot. However,
                the map is being plotted as transparent rather than with
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                See attached, any suggestions on how to fix this? I've
                tried a couple of things, none have worked so far.<br
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                Cheers,<br class="">
                Jatin<br class="">
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Dr. Jatin Kala
Lecturer in Atmospheric Science
Murdoch University,Perth, Western Australia
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