<div dir="ltr">Hi Laura,<div>I believe NCL will limit the drawing of line labels if it believes they will come close to overlapping, although in this case I'm not sure why it doesn't simply draw one for each line. </div><div>See example #5 here:</div><div><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/contourLab.shtml#ex5">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/contourLab.shtml#ex5</a><br></div><div>and try setting cnLineLabelPlacementMode = "constant"</div><div>and see if that helps. Other examples show how to make sure labels are drawn on every line (as opposed to the default behavior of skipping every other one.), along with other modifications.</div><div>Adam</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Laura Fowler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laura@ucar.edu" target="_blank">laura@ucar.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello:<br>
<br>
I have been fussing for quite a while on how to draw labels on the<br>
contour line of the attached plot. The 3 contours show the resolution<br>
of my variable-resolution mesh. The red, blue, and black contours<br>
correspond to a resolution of 4.8 km, 9.6, and 14.4 km, respectively.<br>
I am not understanding why I am unable to add at least one label per<br>
contour?<br>
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sres = True<br>
<br>
sres@gsnDraw = False<br>
sres@gsnFrame = False<br>
sres@gsnMaximize = False<br>
sres@cnFillMode = "AreaFill"<br>
sres@cnFillOn = False<br>
sres@cnLinesOn = True<br>
sres@cnLineLabelsOn = True<br>
sres@cnLineThicknessF = 3.4<br>
sres@cnInfoLabelOn = False<br>
<br>
sres@cnLevelSelectionMode = "ExplicitLevels"<br>
sres@cnLevels = (/4.8,9.6,14.4/)<br>
sres@cnMonoLineColor = False<br>
sres@cnLineColors = (/"red","blue","black"/)<br>
sres@cnMonoLevelFlag = True<br>
sres@cnLevelFlag = "LineAndLabel"<br>
<br>
There must be something I am missing, or I am getting confused between<br>
sres@cnLevelFlag and sres@cnLevelFlags, but I just can't make it work?<br>
I know that it may be a little finnicky to add labels at times, ....<br>
Would somebody be able to help me out so that I do not have to add<br>
those labels in PowerPoint. If interested, my entire ncl script is in<br>
/glade2/scratch2/laura/MPAS.<wbr>PacificOcean/plots.<wbr>centeredPacificOceanMesh.15-<wbr>3km.20151129-20151231<br>
(see global_mean.precipitation.ncl)<wbr>.<br>
<br>
<br>
Many thanks,<br>
Laura<br>
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e-mail: <a href="mailto:laura@ucar.edu">laura@ucar.edu</a><br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><span><font color="#888888">Adam Phillips <br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">Associate Scientist, </font></span><span><font color="#888888">Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, NCAR<br></font></span></div></div><div><span><font color="#888888"><a href="http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/asphilli/" target="_blank">www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/asphilli/</a> </font></span><span><font color="#888888">303-497-1726 </font></span></div><span><font color="#888888"></font></span><div><div><span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span><div><span><font color="#888888"><a href="http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/staff/asphilli" target="_blank"></a></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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