[ncl-talk] NCARG_COLORMAPS

[Laura Fowler]

Kyle:
I always use my own color table (colorTable.rbg in my home directory),
and I do not need to use the default color tables. Thanks for your
suggestion anyway,
Laura


On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Kyle Griffin <ksgriffin2 at wisc.edu> wrote:
> 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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> 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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>>
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Laura D. Fowler
Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division (MMM)
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000, Boulder CO 80307-3000

e-mail: laura at ucar.edu
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