[ncl-talk] NCARG_COLORMAPS

[Kyle Griffin]

Laura,

You need to be sure to include the default colormaps directory in your path
as well, or move all of NCL's colormaps into the one directory you have
set. Since you don't include that directory, most of the default colormaps
will not work.

See:
http://ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/create_color_table.shtml#MoveColorTableFile


Kyle

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Kyle S. Griffin
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Room 1421
1225 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706
Email: ksgriffin2 at wisc.edu

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Laura Fowler <laura at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi:
> For the last week or so, I have trouble with setting NCARG_COLORMAPS
> on yellowstone to use my color table /glade/u/home/laura/colorTable. I
> have:
>
> [laura at yslogin5 QUASI-UNIFORM]$ echo $NCARG_ROOT
> /glade/apps/opt/ncl/6.3.0/intel/12.1.5
>
> and
>
> echo $NCARG_COLORMAPS
> /glade/u/home/laura
>
> I get the error:
> fatal:CvtStringToCmap:Unable to convert string "BlueWhiteOrangeRed" to
> ColorMap
> warning:Error retrieving resource wkColorMap from DB - Using default value
>
>
> This error seems to be recent as I have used that color table without
> any issue in the last few weeks. I am not sure what I am doing wrong
> and need a few hints to help figure this one out.
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
>
>
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> National Center for Atmospheric Research
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