[ncl-talk] Ease grid map is misaligned

Mary Haley haley at ucar.edu
Thu Jun 2 15:49:40 MDT 2016


The only thing I can think of at this point is perhaps there's an issue
with the longitude values crossing from 0 to 360 abruptly.

Can you provide your data file on our ftp site?

http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/report_bug.shtml#HowToFTP

--Mary


On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Ipshita Majhi <ipmajhi at alaska.edu> wrote:

> Hi Mary,
>
> I noticed that my plot has straight lines that run through it. I removed
> part of those lines when I commented out res at trGridType = "TriangularMesh.
> But some of the lines still remain.
> How do I remove those lines?
> I am attaching my code and the picture of the map with this email.
> **************************************************************************
> ;*******************************************
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
> ;*******************************************
>
> ;============================================
> ; set up parameters
> ;============================================
>
> ;********************************************
> ;This is reading in Snow water equivalent which goes from 0 to 250 mm
> ; from 1982 to 2012
> ;********************************************
>
> a=addfile("/Users/ipshita/Desktop/GlobsnowV2.0/version02/monthly_82_13.nc
> ","r")
> b=addfile("/Users/ipshita/Desktop/GlobsnowV2.0/version02/2011/
> GlobSnow_SWE_L3A_20110101_v2.0.nc","r")
> swe=a->swe
>
> time=a->time
>
> lat=b->lat
> lon=b->lon
>
> swe at lat2d=lat
> swe at lon2d=lon
>
> printMinMax(lat,False)
> printMinMax(lon,False)
> swe_FillValue=-9.99e+08
>
> printVarSummary(swe)
>
> utc_date = cd_calendar(time, 0)
> year=utc_date(:,0)
> month=utc_date(:,1)
>
> ;********************************************
>
> ;*******************************************
> ; Create plots
> ;*******************************************
>
>     wks = gsn_open_wks("png","ease_map")
>     gsn_define_colormap(wks,"amwg")             ; Change color map
>
>     res                     = True              ; Plot modes desired.
>     res at gsnMaximize         = True              ; Maximize plot
>
> ;---This resource not needed in V6.1.0
>
>     res at gsnSpreadColors     = True              ; use full range of
> colormap
>
>     res at cnFillOn            = True              ; color plot desired
>     res at cnLinesOn           = False             ; turn off contour lines
>     res at pmLabelBarWidthF    = 0.9               ; make wider
>     res at pmLabelBarHeightF   = 0.1               ; default is taller
>     res at lbLabelFontHeightF  = .018              ; default is HUGE
>
> ;    res at cnLevelSelectionMode= "ExplicitLevels" ; set explicit contour
> levels
> ;    res at cnLevels            = (/0,1,5,10,25,100,200,300,400/)
>
> ;************************************************
> ;No georeferencing: simple contour. Draws faster
> ;************************************************
>     res at tiMainString = "Polar Plot"
>    ; plot = gsn_csm_contour(wks,swe(0,:,:),res)    ; contour, no map
>
> ;*******************************************
> ; georeferencing: plot on polar projection
> ;*******************************************
>   ;  res at trGridType = "TriangularMesh"        ; allow missing coordinates
>   res at gsnAddCyclic = False
>     res at gsnPolar   = "NH"                          ; specify the
> hemisphere
>     res at mpMinLatF  = 35
>
>     res at tiMainString = "gsn_csm_contour_map_polar"
>
>     plot = gsn_csm_contour_map_polar(wks,swe(0,:,:),res)
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ipshita,
>>
>> This is indeed strange.
>>
>> As a quick test, can you try (for the gsn_csm_contour_map plot):
>>
>> res at gsnAddCyclic = False
>>
>> Also, are you getting any kind of error messages?
>>
>> You can also try using raster contours:
>>
>>   res at cnFillMode = "RasterFill"
>>
>> If you continue to have problems, we may need to take a look at your
>> data, and in particular the lat/lon arrays on the file. It looks like you
>> are doing everything correctly otherwise.
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Ipshita Majhi <ipmajhi at alaska.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear NCL,
>>>
>>> I have been trying to plot this map correctly for a long time. I don't
>>> know where I am going wrong. I will be grateful if you could guide me on
>>> this. I am also attaching the pdf version of the map I am getting.
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>> Ipshita
>>> ;***************************************************
>>> ;*******************************************
>>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
>>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
>>> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
>>> ;*******************************************
>>>
>>> ;============================================
>>> ; set up parameters
>>> ;============================================
>>>
>>> ;********************************************
>>> ;This is reading in Snow water equivalent which goes from 0 to 250 mm
>>> ; from 1982 to 2012
>>> ;********************************************
>>>
>>> a=addfile("/Users/ipshita/Desktop/GlobsnowV2.0/version02/
>>> monthly_82_13.nc","r")
>>>
>>> swe=a->swe
>>>
>>> time=a->time
>>> lat=a->lat
>>> lon=a->lon
>>>
>>> swe_FillValue=-9.99e+08
>>>
>>> printVarSummary(swe)
>>>
>>> utc_date = cd_calendar(time, 0)
>>> year=utc_date(:,0)
>>> month=utc_date(:,1)
>>>
>>> ;********************************************
>>>
>>> ;*******************************************
>>> ; Create plots
>>> ;*******************************************
>>>
>>>     wks = gsn_open_wks("pdf","ease_map")
>>>     gsn_define_colormap(wks,"amwg")             ; Change color map
>>>
>>>     res                     = True              ; Plot modes desired.
>>>     res at gsnMaximize         = True              ; Maximize plot
>>>
>>> ;---This resource not needed in V6.1.0
>>>     res at gsnSpreadColors     = True              ; use full range of
>>> colormap
>>>
>>>     res at cnFillOn            = True              ; color plot desired
>>>     res at cnLinesOn           = False             ; turn off contour lines
>>>     res at pmLabelBarWidthF    = 0.9               ; make wider
>>>     res at pmLabelBarHeightF   = 0.1               ; default is taller
>>>     res at lbLabelFontHeightF  = .018              ; default is HUGE
>>>
>>>     res at cnLevelSelectionMode= "ExplicitLevels" ; set explicit contour
>>> levels
>>>     res at cnLevels            = (/0,1,5,10,25,100,200,300,400/)
>>>
>>> ;************************************************
>>> ;No georeferencing: simple contour. Draws faster
>>> ;************************************************
>>>     res at tiMainString = "gsn_csm_contour"
>>>     plot = gsn_csm_contour(wks,swe,res)    ; contour, no map
>>>
>>> ;*******************************************
>>> ; georeferencing: plot on polar projection
>>> ;*******************************************
>>>                                              ; georeference
>>>     swe at lat2d = a->lat
>>>     swe at lon2d = a->lon
>>>
>>>     res at trGridType = "TriangularMesh"        ; allow missing coordinates
>>>
>>>     res at gsnPolar   = "NH"                          ; specify the
>>> hemisphere
>>>     res at mpMinLatF  = 35
>>>     res at tiMainString = "gsn_csm_contour_map_polar"
>>>
>>>     plot = gsn_csm_contour_map_polar(wks,swe(0,:,:),res)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ipshita Majhi
>>> PhD Candidate
>>> University of Alaska , Fairbanks
>>> Atmospheric Science Department
>>> (907)978-4220 ipmajhi at alaska.edu
>>>
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>>
>
>
> --
> Ipshita Majhi
> PhD Candidate
> University of Alaska , Fairbanks
> Atmospheric Science Department
> (907)978-4220 ipmajhi at alaska.edu
>
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