<div dir="ltr"><div><div><a href="http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/~shea/skewt_func.ncl_640">http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/~shea/skewt_func.ncl_640</a><br><br></div>Hope it works !!! :-)<br><br></div>D<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Kacie Shourd <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kacie.Shourd@dri.edu" target="_blank">Kacie.Shourd@dri.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Thanks, Dennis & Mary!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Dennis – is there somewhere to access the beta 6.4.0 skewt_func.ncl?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">I know how to get the beta contributed.ncl, but can’t find the skewt_func.ncl one.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Kacie N. Shourd</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">드림</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Dennis Shea [mailto:<a href="mailto:shea@ucar.edu" target="_blank">shea@ucar.edu</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 16, 2016 10:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mary Haley <<a href="mailto:haley@ucar.edu" target="_blank">haley@ucar.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kacie Shourd <<a href="mailto:Kacie.Shourd@dri.edu" target="_blank">Kacie.Shourd@dri.edu</a>>; <a href="mailto:ncl-talk@ucar.edu" target="_blank">ncl-talk@ucar.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ncl-talk] Skew T wind barbs<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I've added an attribute for the 'dataOpts' argument.<br>
This will be in the 6.4.0 <b>skewt_func.ncl<br>
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</b>dataOpts@DrawWindBarbThk = 2.0 ; default value is 1.0<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The rightmost figure shows a (slightly) thicker wind barbs.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Mary Haley <<a href="mailto:haley@ucar.edu" target="_blank">haley@ucar.edu</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/wmbarb.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/wmbarb.shtml</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">fails to mention the parameter "BLW", which increases line thickness (I'll fix the documentation shortly).<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Try adding this call:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I tried a value of 3.0 on a test code, and this was definitely thicker You might need to go higher.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is there a way to make the wind barbs in a given plot (specifically in the Skew T plot) thicker for easier visibility in a publication-sized image?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have tried the following, based on what I’ve found online, but nothing seems to work:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> dataOpts@vcWindBarbLineThicknessF= 4.0
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> dataOpts@WindBarbLineThicknessF = 4.0</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have also attempted to muck with this bit of code in the skew t background:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts = True </span>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts@gsLineColor = "Foreground"
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> <span style="background:yellow">gsOpts@gsLineThicknessF = 1.5</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts@gsLineDashPattern = 0
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts@gsMarkerIndex = 4 ; "hollow_circle"=> std pres</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts@gsMarkerColor = "Foreground"</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">and</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts@gsMarkerIndex = 16 ; "circle_filled" -> Pibal</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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gsOpts@gsMarkerSizeF = 0.007 ; 0.007 is default</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="background:yellow">gsOpts@gsMarkerThicknessF= 1.0 ; 1.0 is default</span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">but the markers referred to are the circles along at P & h levels along the y-axis. The line referred to is the axis itself.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can edit the thickness of every other line and marker I need, with the exception of the wind barb.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In some of the supplemental Fortran documentation (
<a href="http://www.ncarg.ucar.edu/supplements/wmap/index.html#HEADING1-139" target="_blank">
http://www.ncarg.ucar.edu//supplements/wmap/index.html#HEADING1-139</a> ) there is this from WMAP:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">“WBS specifies the size of the wind barb shaft; WBT specifies the length of a wind barb full tick mark; BLW specifies the line width
scale factor to use in drawing wind barb lines.”</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Is there any way to access this functionality in NCL?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Attached are my script, an updated skewT background script, and the current image output.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks in advance,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kacie<u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Kacie N. Shourd</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Malgun Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">드림</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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