[ncl-talk] define infill color for inland water bodies

[Kyle Griffin]

Although I'm not certain, most WRF plotting scripts overwrite many of the
more complicated resources. It sounds like these map fill resources are
included in the list that they either don't recognize or overwrite.

Kyle
On Sep 7, 2014 8:27 PM, "Matthew Fearon" <Matthew.Fearon at dri.edu> wrote:

>  Thanks, Kyle, but I'm missing something still. My script is below. The
> wrf_map_overlays function is perhaps messing up the draw order or
> recoloring inland water bodies white. Any ideas?
>
>
>  type = "png"
>
>
>  wks = gsn_open_wks(type,pname+ndt)
>
> gsn_define_colormap(wks,"MPL_terrain")
>
> res                                = True
>
> res at NoHeaderFooter                 = True
>
>
>  mpres                              = True
>
> mpres at mpDataBaseVersion            = "Ncarg4_0"
>
> mpres at mpDataSetName                = "Earth..1"
>
> mpres at mpNationalLineColor          = "black"
>
> mpres at mpNationalLineThicknessF     = 2
>
> mpres at mpGeophysicalLineColor       = "black"
>
> mpres at mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF  = 2
>
> mpres at mpProvincialLineColor        = "black"
>
> mpres at mpProvincialLineThicknessF   = 3
>
> ;mpres at mpFillOn                     = True
>
> ;mpres at mpFillDrawOrder              = "PreDraw"
>
> mpres at mpInlandWaterFillColor       = "grey81"
>
> mpres at mpOceanFillColor             = "grey81"
>
> mpres at mpLandFillColor              = "grey81"
>
>
>  pltres = True
>
>
>  var3_res = res
>
> var3_res at ContourParameters     = (/ 0, 3, 1 /)
>
> var3_res at cnFillMode            = "RasterFill"
>
> var3_res at cnFillOn              = True
>
> var3_res at cnRasterSmoothingOn   = False
>
> var3_res at cnFillColors          = (/"grey81","red","green","blue","black"/)
>
> var3_res at cnFillDrawOrder       = "Draw"
>
> con3_var = wrf_contour(f,wks,vmap,var3_res)
>
>
>
>  pltres at CommonTitle = True
>
> pltres at PlotTitle = ndt
>
> plot = wrf_map_overlays(f,wks,(/con3_var/),pltres,mpres)
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* windrunnerxc at gmail.com [windrunnerxc at gmail.com] on behalf of Kyle
> Griffin [ksgriffin2 at wisc.edu]
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 07, 2014 5:33 PM
> *To:* Matthew Fearon; ncl-talk
> *Subject:* Re: [ncl-talk] define infill color for inland water bodies
>
>   Don't use mpFillColor. Use a combination of mpLandFillColor,
> mpOceanFillColor, and mpInlandWaterFillColor. These are your desired
> resources.
>
> Kyle
> On Sep 7, 2014 4:56 PM, "Matthew Fearon" <Matthew.Fearon at dri.edu> wrote:
>
>>  Dear NCL Users,
>>
>>  What is the correct method for filling in inland water bodies with a
>> specified color. Here's the resources I have been experimenting with, but
>> none seem to work, eg, inland lakes are consistently colored white not
>> grey81. Thanks, Matt
>>
>>
>>  mpres                              = True
>>
>> ;mpres at mpDataBaseVersion            = "Ncarg4_0"
>>
>> ;mpres at mpDataSetName                = "Earth..4"
>>
>> mpres at mpNationalLineColor          = "black"
>>
>> mpres at mpNationalLineThicknessF     = 2
>>
>> mpres at mpGeophysicalLineColor       = "black"
>>
>> mpres at mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF  = 2
>>
>> mpres at mpProvincialLineColor        = "black"
>>
>> mpres at mpProvincialLineThicknessF   = 3
>>
>> mpres at mpFillOn                     = True
>>
>> mpres at mpMonoFillColor              = True
>>
>> mpres at mpFillColor                  = "grey81"
>>
>> mpres at mpFillAreaSpecifiers         = "water"   ;"inlandwater"
>>
>> mpres at mpSpecifiedFillColors        = "grey81"
>>
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