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Dear All,
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<div class="">I would like to produce a plot in a similar style as the well-known temperature or sea ice spiral plots (e.g. <a href="http://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/spirals/" class="">http://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/spirals/</a>).</div>
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<div class="">The angle should represent the month (1-12) and the distance from the centre some value.</div>
<div class="">The data points for consecutive months should be connected by a line.</div>
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<div class="">Has someone tried this in NCL already? What would the best approach be?</div>
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<div class="">I would also like to modify the line a bit:</div>
<div class="">- interpolate between data points rather than drawing a straight line</div>
<div class="">- add a colour shading to the line (e.g. representing the time axis 01/1850, 02/1850, 03/1850, …). The colour should change gradually rather than jump to a new colour at each data point.</div>
<div class="">- modify the width of the line. This should also be interpolated between data points to achieve a nice visual effect.</div>
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<div class="">My best guess at the moment would be to use the radar3.ncl example from this page: <a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/radar.shtml" class="">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/radar.shtml</a>.</div>
<div class="">I am confident that I could add data points and connect them with lines, but I am not sure whether the three modifications I am planning to do are possible when building my script on this example.</div>
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<div class="">I would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.</div>
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<div class="">Best regards,</div>
<div class="">Sebastian</div>
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