<div dir="ltr">Hello:<div><br></div><div>Following the -email I sent yesterday regarding tickmarks, I simplified my ncl script to understand about the bottom tickmarks are labelled by default so that I can understand how to change them using tmXBValues and tmXBLabels. The simplified script is in 




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<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">/glade2/scratch2/laura/MPASprojects.2018/forPUBLICATION/TENDENCIES/rect.cu_kain_fritsch_sca.20151129-20160102 and the script is plot.ncl. Also see attached plot dtcup.kf.pdf.</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">I tried to retrieve the default values of tmXBValues with the lines:</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">




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</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">res2@tmXBMode = "Automatic"</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">plot = gsn_csm_pres_hgt(wks,dtcup_interp_kf,res2)</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);min-height:17px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></span><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">getvalues plot</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space">   </span>"tmXBValues" : tmXBValues</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">end getvalues</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">print(" ")</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">print(tmXBValues)</span></p>


<br><p></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Then I get:</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">




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</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Variable: tmXBValues</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Type: float</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Total Size: 16 bytes</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space">            </span>4 values</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Number of Dimensions: 1</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Dimensions and sizes:<span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">    </span>[4]</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Coordinates:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(0)<span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span> 0</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(1)<span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span>100</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(2)<span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span>200</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(3)<span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span>300</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">(0)<span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>


<br><p></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">which is super confusing to me since the plot shows at least 6 values for the major tickmarks and not just 4. Is it possible to actually set different XB labels with </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">gsn_csm_pres_hgt?</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">I would really appreciate some hints on how to do this.</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Many thanks,</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Laura</span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:Courier;color:rgb(1,25,147);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Laura D. Fowler                                                                                       </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division (MMM)         </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">National Center for Atmospheric Research<br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">P.O. Box 3000, Boulder CO 80307-3000</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">e-mail: <a href="mailto:laura@ucar.edu" target="_blank">laura@ucar.edu</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">phone: 303-497-1628</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000ff" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font><br></div></div></div>
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