[ncl-talk] define infill color for inland water bodies
Rick Brownrigg
brownrig at ucar.edu
Mon Sep 8 15:01:15 MDT 2014
I got a different result when I commented out this line:
mpres at mpFillColors =
(/"transparent","transparent","transparent","grey81"/)
On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Matthew Fearon <Matthew.Fearon at dri.edu>
wrote:
> Thanks, Adam for your note, but unfortunately I tried your suggestion
> with no luck. The inland water bodies remain white. Therefore, I revised my
> code to NOT use wrf* functions, but I am still struggling with the white
> inland water bodies rather than grey. Any ideas what I am missing? I am
> using wrf_map_resources to set some resources, but it shouldn't overwrite
> like wrf_map_overlays. Here's my revised script:
>
> begin
>
>
> ;type = "ps"
>
> type = "png"
>
>
> colors=(/"white","black","grey81","red","green","blue","black"/)
>
>
> wks = gsn_open_wks(type,pname+ndt)
>
> gsn_define_colormap(wks,colors)
>
>
>
> ;********************** mpres
>
>
> mpres = True
>
> mpres at gsnDraw = False
>
> mpres at gsnFrame = False
>
>
> mpres = wrf_map_resources(f,mpres)
>
>
> mpres at mpDataBaseVersion = "Ncarg4_1"
>
> mpres at mpDataSetName = "Earth..1"
>
> mpres at mpNationalLineColor = "black"
>
> mpres at mpNationalLineThicknessF = 3.5
>
> mpres at mpGeophysicalLineColor = "black"
>
> mpres at mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF = 3.5
>
> mpres at mpProvincialLineColor = "black"
>
> mpres at mpProvincialLineThicknessF = 3.5
>
> mpres at mpFillOn = True
>
> mpres at mpFillColors =
> (/"transparent","transparent","transparent","grey81"/)
>
> mpres at mpFillDrawOrder = "PostDraw"
>
> ;mpres at mpInlandWaterFillColor = "grey81"
>
> ;mpres at mpOceanFillColor = "grey81"
>
> ;mpres at mpLandFillColor = "grey81"
>
>
> mpres at tfDoNDCOverlay = True
>
> mpres at gsnAddCyclic = False
>
>
> mpres at cnLinesOn = False
>
> mpres at cnLineLabelsOn = False
>
> mpres at cnInfoLabelOn = False
>
> mpres at cnFillOn = True
>
> mpres at cnFillMode = "RasterFill"
>
> mpres at cnRasterSmoothingOn = False
>
> mpres at cnMinLevelValF = 0
>
> mpres at cnMaxLevelValF = 3
>
> mpres at cnLevelSpacingF = 1
>
>
> mpres at lbLabelBarOn = False
>
> mpres at mpGridLineDashPattern = 2
>
> mpres at tmXBLabelFontHeightF = 0.015
>
> mpres at tmYLLabelFontHeightF = 0.015
>
> mpres at tmXBMajorLengthF = 0.004
>
> mpres at tmXBLabelDeltaF = -0.4
>
> mpres at gsnMaximize = True
>
>
>
> mplot = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,vmap,mpres)
>
> draw(mplot)
>
> frame(wks)
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Adam Phillips [asphilli at ucar.edu]
> *Sent:* Monday, September 08, 2014 8:05 AM
> *To:* Dennis Shea
> *Cc:* Matthew Fearon; ncl-talk; wrfhelp at ucar.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [ncl-talk] define infill color for inland water bodies
>
> Hi Matthew,
> Both Kyle and Dennis are correct in that the wrf* functions can overrule
> or ignore some resources. However, I have one more combination of resources
> for you to try. I see that you are color filling your contours and that
> you'd like the inland lakes to be filled gray. In order to do this you'd
> want to draw the map fill last, and set all map fill colors (default,
> ocean, land) to transparent other than inland water. I am also having you
> set the contour color fill draw order to "Draw" to further make sure that
> the map fill is drawn after the contour color fill.
>
> Try this:
> ; note that you could have set mpLandFillColor, mpOceanFIllColor, etc.
> instead of
> ; mpFillColors
> mpres at mpFillColors =
> (/"transparent","transparent","transparent","grey81"/)
> mpres at mpFillDrawOrder = "PostDraw"
>
> var3_res at cnFillDrawOrder = "Draw" ; might not be needed
>
> If the above combination does not work, then I would follow Dennis'
> suggestions of either contacting wrf-help or stripping wrf_map_overlays out
> and modifying it to your own needs.
> Adam
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> The wrf_* were written by wrfhelp. You should send questions to
>> wrfhelp at ucar.edu on all of these functions. You can cc ncl-talk at ucar.edu
>>
>> As noted, the resources may not be allowed or are overwritten by the wrf
>> code.
>> I'd suggest extracting the function from the library, modifying the
>> function and then calling the modified function.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:10 PM, Kyle Griffin <ksgriffin2 at wisc.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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