[ncl-talk] reducing margins panelplots

[Adam Phillips]

Hi Noelia,
You are already close to the maximum size for your plots based on the
options you have chosen and the orientation and domain of the plots. NCL
will not distort the map (horizontally in your case) unless you explicitly
tell it to do so. Here are a few suggestions:

1) Set mpShapeMode = "FreeAspect" and set vpWidthF = 0.8 and vpHeightF =
0.6. (The last two settings are guesses.) Setting those three resources
will tell NCL to go ahead and stretch/distort each plot so that is wider.
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/mp.shtml#mpShapeMode

2) Comment out: pres at gsnPanelBottom = 0.06, and if the resulting plot has
the label bar off the bottom of the page set pres at lbOrientation =
"Vertical", pres at pmLabelBarWidthF = 0.1 and pres at pmLabelBarHeightF = 0.6.
This will move the label bar to the side.

3) Comment out pres at txString and set your plot title manually by using
gsn_text_ndc:
https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Interfaces/gsn_text_ndc.shtml

4) Change the panel layout by changing this:
                gsn_panel(wks, panelP(:,k), (/7,2/), pres)
     to this: gsn_panel(wks, panelP(:,k), (/5,3/), pres)

Hope that all helps. If not, please respond to the ncl-talk email list.
Adam


On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Noelia otero <noeli1680 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to make some plots by using gsn_panel. My question is, how can
> I get the plots bigger? I have been looking at several examples and I am
> already using the option gsnMaximize, however, when I check the pdf file,
> it looks like too small..(I would like to reduce the margins and make
> bigger every plot). I am not sure what is best way.
> I would like to attach the plot that I got and the script I'm using.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> cheers,
>
> Noelia
>
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