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    Hi Jonathan,<br>
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    you can use the
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    <a
href="http://ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/mp.shtml#mpMaskAreaSpecifiers"><em>mpMaskAreaSpecifiers</em></a>
    resources to indicate
    which map areas to fill and mask.
    <br>
    See the masking examples mask_4.ncl and mask_8.ncl in the masking
    examples section:<br>
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    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/mask.shtml">http://ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/mask.shtml</a><br>
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    Here is a short script to plot data only for the USA:<br>
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    <font color="#3333ff"><tt>begin</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  f   =  addfile("rectilinear_grid_2D.nc","r")</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  var =  f-&gt;tsurf(0,:,:)</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>;-- open workstation</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  wks = gsn_open_wks("png","plot_mask_fill_only_USA")</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>;-- set resources</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res                       =  True</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@cnFillOn              =  True</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@cnLineLabelsOn        =  False</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@cnInfoLabelOn         =  False</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@cnLinesOn             =  False</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt> </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@mpMinLonF             =  170</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@mpMaxLonF             =  295</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@mpMinLatF             =   22</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@mpMaxLatF             =   74</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@mpCenterLonF          =  215</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@mpDataBaseVersion     = "Ncarg4_1"</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@mpAreaMaskingOn       =  True</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@mpFillBoundarySets    = "NoBoundaries"</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@mpMaskAreaSpecifiers  = "united
        states"                   ;-- enable masking and specify the
        area</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@mpOutlineBoundarySets = "USStates"   
                            ;-- draw US and state outlines</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  res@cnFillDrawOrder       = "Predraw"                 </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>;-- create the plot    </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  plot = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,var,res)</tt><tt><br>
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    Bye, Karin<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 16.12.16 um 02:58 schrieb Buzan,
      Jonathan R:<br>
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      <pre wrap="">Hi NCL-Talk

I am attempting to mask everything except for the United States.  

I’ve tried Conterminous US: States, etc.  And It keeps saying it doesn’t recognize the mpMaskAreaSpecifiers string.

-Jonathan

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