[ncl-talk] ncl-talk Digest, Vol 161, Issue 23

Dawit Abebe dawit.kan at gmail.com
Tue Apr 18 08:50:01 MDT 2017


Dear All,

I was trying to plot a spatial map of SPI but having a challenge indexing coordinates. I pasted my script as well as the point a stuck (red text) from NCL output below.

Thank you so much for your support as usual.

Dawit

1. My script

;=========================================================================================
;spi spatial map plot
;=========================================================================================
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"

begin

    diri  = "./"
    fili  = "pre_cru_1901_2014.nc"
    f     = addfile(diri+fili, "r")

    prc  = f->pre
    prc at _FillValue = -999.0
    pmsg = prc at _FillValue
    printVarSummary(prc)

    dimp = dimsizes(prc)
    ntim = dimp(0)
    nlat = dimp(1)
    mlon = dimp(2)

	run  = (/12/)
	nrun = dimsizes(run)

	spi = new((/nrun,ntim,nlat,mlon/), typeof(prc), pmsg)

    opt = True

    do nr=0,nrun-1
	    spi(nr,:,:,:)= dim_spi_n(prc, run(nr), True, 0)
	end do

	 copy_VarCoords(prc,spi(0,:,:,:))
	 spi at long_name = "SPI"
	 spi!0         = "run"
	 spi&run       =  run
	 printVarSummary(spi)

 ;========================================================================================
 ; Plot parameter
 ;========================================================================================
    dimp = dimsizes(prc)
    ntim = dimp(0)
    nlat = dimp(1)
    mlon = dimp(2)

  yyyymm = f->time
  yyyymm = yyyymm/100

  year    = yyyymm/100
  yrStrt  = 1901
  yrLast  = 2014
  nyear   = yrLast-yrStrt+1
  yyyymm  = yyyymm_time(yrStrt, yrLast, "integer")
  yrfrac  = (/ yyyymm_to_yyyyfrac(yyyymm, 0.0) /)

  prc&time = (/ yyyymm /)

;========================================================================================

  wks          = gsn_open_wks ("ps","spi")
  gsn_define_colormap(wks,"BlueWhiteOrangeRed")
  gsn_reverse_colormap(wks)                                    ; Reverse the color map.

  res                  = True
  res at gsnDraw          = False                                 ; don't draw
  res at gsnFrame         = False                                 ; don't advance frame
  res at gsnSpreadColors  = True

  res at cnFillOn         = True                                   ; color Fill
  res at cnFillMode       = "RasterFill"                           ; Raster Mode
  res at cnLinesOn        =  False                                 ; Turn off contour lines
  res at cnLevelSelectionMode = "ManualLevels"                     ; set manual contour levels
  res at cnMinLevelValF   = -3.0                                   ; set min contour level
  res at cnMaxLevelValF   =  3.0                                   ; set max contour level
  res at cnLevelSpacingF  =  0.5                                   ; set contour spacing
  res at lbLabelBarOn     = False                                  ; turn off individual cb's

  resP                 = True                                   ; panel resources
  resP at txString        = False
  resP at gsnPanelLabelBar= True                                   ; add common colorbar

  plot = new ( 5, "graphic")

  do nl=0,nlat-1
     do ml=0,mlon-1
        do nr=0,nrun-1
           spi(nr,:,:,:)= dim_spi_n(prc, run(nr), True, 0)
           spi at long_name = "SPI"
           spi at units = "nrun="+run(nr)
           copy_VarCoords(prc,spi(0,:,:,:))
	       spi!0         = "run"
	       spi&run       =  run
	       printVarSummary(spi)

           res at gsnCenterString  = yyyymm({192112})
           plot(0) = gsn_csm_contour_map_ce(wks,spi({192112},:,:,:), res)

           res at gsnCenterString  = yyyymm({192212})
           plot(1) = gsn_csm_contour_map_ce(wks,spi({192212},:,:,:), res)

           res at gsnCenterString  = yyyymm({192712})
           plot(2) = gsn_csm_contour_map_ce(wks,spi({192712},:,:,:), res)

           res at gsnCenterString  = yyyymm({197312})
           plot(3) = gsn_csm_contour_map_ce(wks,spi({197312},:,:,:), res)

           res at gsnCenterString  = yyyymm({198412})
           plot(4) = gsn_csm_contour_map_ce(wks,spi({198412},:,:,:), res)
        end do
      end do
     end do

     gsn_panel(wks,plot,(/5,1/),resP)          ; now draw as one plot

end

2. NCL output from exciting the script above

(my_ncl) Dagemawes-MacBook-Pro:~ dawitabebe$ ncl -Q spi12_plotmap_script.ncl

Variable: prc
Type: double
Total Size: 393984 bytes
            49248 values
Number of Dimensions: 3
Dimensions and sizes:	[time | 1368] x [lat | 4] x [lon | 9]
Coordinates: 
            time: [ 380..41987]
            lat: [3.75..5.25]
            lon: [36.75..40.75]
Number Of Attributes: 5
  correlation_decay_distance :	 450
  long_name :	precipitation
  units :	mm/month
  missing_value :	9.96920996839e+36
  _FillValue :	-999

Variable: spi
Type: double
Total Size: 393984 bytes
            49248 values
Number of Dimensions: 4
Dimensions and sizes:	[run | 1] x [time | 1368] x [lat | 4] x [lon | 9]
Coordinates: 
            run: [12..12]
            time: [ 380..41987]
            lat: [3.75..5.25]
            lon: [36.75..40.75]
Number Of Attributes: 2
  long_name :	SPI
  _FillValue :	-999

Variable: spi
Type: double
Total Size: 393984 bytes
            49248 values
Number of Dimensions: 4
Dimensions and sizes:	[run | 1] x [time | 1368] x [lat | 4] x [lon | 9]
Coordinates: 
            run: [12..12]
            time: [190101..201412]
            lat: [3.75..5.25]
            lon: [36.75..40.75]
Number Of Attributes: 4
  units :	nrun=12
  long_name :	SPI
  run :	12
  _FillValue :	-999
fatal:NclOneDValGetClosestIndex: finish coordinate index out of range, can't continue
fatal:Could not obtain coordinate indexes, unable to perform subscript
fatal:["Execute.c":8640]:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 98 in file spi12_plotmap_script.ncl

(my_ncl) Dagemawes-MacBook-Pro:~ dawitabebe$ 
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>   4. Re: Problem with contour plot (Mary Haley)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 21:48:31 +0300
> From: Stavros Dafis <sdafis at cc.uoi.gr>
> Subject: Re: [ncl-talk] Problem with gsn_add_text
> To: Rick Brownrigg <brownrig at ucar.edu>
> Cc: "ncl-talk at ucar.edu" <ncl-talk at ucar.edu>
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> Dear Rick, thank you for your suggestion, I have tried to assign both the
> FillValue and the missing value (@missing_value) but nothing seems to work.
> 
> I forgot to mention that I am using NCL 6.2.0, 6.3.0 and 6.4.0, on different
> machines.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Stavros NTAFIS (DAFIS)
> -----------------------------------------------
> Physicist - Meteorologist, M.Sc.
> Research Associate, National Observatory of Athens
> (+33)9 81 94 22 12, Mobile: +30 697 04 20 242
> ---------------
> Weather charts:
> http://www.meteo.gr
> http://www.meteo.gr/meteomaps/
> 
> 
> Quoting Rick Brownrigg <brownrig at ucar.edu>:
> 
>> Hi Stavros,
>> 
>> I don't know for certain, but I suspect you need to assign the _FillValue
>> to the string array "points" that you constructed from "t2" (I don't see
>> how the attributes from t2 would carry to points via the sprintf() ).
>> 
>> Hope that helps...
>> Rick
>> 
>> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Stavros Dafis <sdafis at cc.uoi.gr> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello everyone, I am facing a problem with the function gsn_add_text. In
>>> the
>>> description of the function, it is mentioned that no missing values will be
>>> plotted:
>>> 
>>> &#8220;This function attaches a list of text strings to the given plot.
>>> The text
>>> strings will be drawn only when the plot is drawn. If a missing value is
>>> encountered in the text strings or x/y values, then no text string will be
>>> drawn at this pair.&#8221;
>>> 
>>> My script reads a netCDF file with 3 variables t2(lat,lon), lat(lat),
>>> lon(lon),
>>> so in order to attach values on the plot using this function, I have to
>>> make
>>> new 2-D variables for lat/lon and define the string to be plotted on the
>>> map.
>>> Values are assigned just fine on the plot, over the land, but missing
>>> values
>>> are also printed over the sea. I tried to use landsea masking but my data
>>> have
>>> high horizontal resolution (5km). Any suggestions?
>>> 
>>> I have the same problem with WRF data, with already 2-D lat/lon arrays.
>>> 
>>> This is the part of the code which prints the values:
>>> .
>>> .
>>> .
>>> contour = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,t2,res)
>>> 
>>> t2 at missing_value = -1
>>> t2 at _FillValue = -1
>>> (default missing values = -999)
>>> 
>>> lat2 = new(dimsizes(t2),typeof(lat),-1)
>>> lon2 = new(dimsizes(t2),typeof(lon),-1)
>>> 
>>> nb = dimsizes(t2)
>>> 
>>> do nl=0,nb(0)-1,1
>>> do ml=0,nb(1)-1,1
>>> 
>>> lat2(nl,ml) = lat(nl)
>>> lon2(nl,ml) = lon(ml)
>>> 
>>> end do
>>> end do
>>> 
>>> points = sprintf("%3.0f", t2)
>>> ;points = ""+t2(:,:)+""
>>> 
>>> values = gsn_add_text(wks,contour,points,lon2(:,:),lat2(:,:),True)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Stavros NTAFIS (DAFIS)
>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>> Physicist - Meteorologist, M.Sc.
>>> Research Associate, National Observatory of Athens
>>> (+33)9 81 94 22 12, Mobile: +30 697 04 20 242
>>> ---------------
>>> Weather charts:
>>> http://www.meteo.gr
>>> http://www.meteo.gr/meteomaps/
>>> 
>>> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 19:00:02 +0000
> From: Guilherme Martins <jgmsantos at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ncl-talk] Problem with contour plot
> To: NCL <ncl-talk at ucar.edu>
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> 
> Dear users,
> 
> After searching extensively on the NCL website I was not able to find a
> solution to my problem. I only want values within the contour of the
> continent, but some edges appear in the figure that are stemming from the
> mask that I applied and I do not know how to remove this. The figure is
> attached for a better view of my problem.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Guilherme.
> -- 
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> From: Rick Brownrigg <brownrig at ucar.edu>
> Subject: Re: [ncl-talk] Problem with gsn_add_text
> To: Stavros Dafis <sdafis at cc.uoi.gr>
> Cc: "ncl-talk at ucar.edu" <ncl-talk at ucar.edu>
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> Hi,
> 
> You used -1 as _FillValue for variable "t2". Note it is an integer value --
> what type is the array t2 -- float or int?  In any case, you created the
> formatted string array "points" from t2 as "%3.0f", so that any data values
> in t2 that were -1 are now " -1", and thus it seems your _FillValue should
> be " -1". Did you do this, and do the types between data and _FillValue
> agree everywhere?
> 
> If that's not the issue, I think we may need to see script and dataset to
> figure out what the issue is.
> 
> HTH...
> Rick
> 
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Stavros Dafis <sdafis at cc.uoi.gr> wrote:
> 
>> Dear Rick, thank you for your suggestion, I have tried to assign both the
>> FillValue and the missing value (@missing_value) but nothing seems to work.
>> 
>> I forgot to mention that I am using NCL 6.2.0, 6.3.0 and 6.4.0, on
>> different
>> machines.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Stavros NTAFIS (DAFIS)
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> Physicist - Meteorologist, M.Sc.
>> Research Associate, National Observatory of Athens
>> (+33)9 81 94 22 12, Mobile: +30 697 04 20 242
>> ---------------
>> Weather charts:
>> http://www.meteo.gr
>> http://www.meteo.gr/meteomaps/
>> 
>> 
>> Quoting Rick Brownrigg <brownrig at ucar.edu>:
>> 
>>> Hi Stavros,
>>> 
>>> I don't know for certain, but I suspect you need to assign the _FillValue
>>> to the string array "points" that you constructed from "t2" (I don't see
>>> how the attributes from t2 would carry to points via the sprintf() ).
>>> 
>>> Hope that helps...
>>> Rick
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Stavros Dafis <sdafis at cc.uoi.gr>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello everyone, I am facing a problem with the function gsn_add_text.
>> In
>>>> the
>>>> description of the function, it is mentioned that no missing values
>> will be
>>>> plotted:
>>>> 
>>>> &#8220;This function attaches a list of text strings to the given plot.
>>>> The text
>>>> strings will be drawn only when the plot is drawn. If a missing value
>> is
>>>> encountered in the text strings or x/y values, then no text string
>> will be
>>>> drawn at this pair.&#8221;
>>>> 
>>>> My script reads a netCDF file with 3 variables t2(lat,lon), lat(lat),
>>>> lon(lon),
>>>> so in order to attach values on the plot using this function, I have to
>>>> make
>>>> new 2-D variables for lat/lon and define the string to be plotted on
>> the
>>>> map.
>>>> Values are assigned just fine on the plot, over the land, but missing
>>>> values
>>>> are also printed over the sea. I tried to use landsea masking but my
>> data
>>>> have
>>>> high horizontal resolution (5km). Any suggestions?
>>>> 
>>>> I have the same problem with WRF data, with already 2-D lat/lon arrays.
>>>> 
>>>> This is the part of the code which prints the values:
>>>> .
>>>> .
>>>> .
>>>> contour = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,t2,res)
>>>> 
>>>> t2 at missing_value = -1
>>>> t2 at _FillValue = -1
>>>> (default missing values = -999)
>>>> 
>>>> lat2 = new(dimsizes(t2),typeof(lat),-1)
>>>> lon2 = new(dimsizes(t2),typeof(lon),-1)
>>>> 
>>>> nb = dimsizes(t2)
>>>> 
>>>> do nl=0,nb(0)-1,1
>>>> do ml=0,nb(1)-1,1
>>>> 
>>>> lat2(nl,ml) = lat(nl)
>>>> lon2(nl,ml) = lon(ml)
>>>> 
>>>> end do
>>>> end do
>>>> 
>>>> points = sprintf("%3.0f", t2)
>>>> ;points = ""+t2(:,:)+""
>>>> 
>>>> values = gsn_add_text(wks,contour,points,lon2(:,:),lat2(:,:),True)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Stavros NTAFIS (DAFIS)
>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>> Physicist - Meteorologist, M.Sc.
>>>> Research Associate, National Observatory of Athens
>>>> (+33)9 81 94 22 12, Mobile: +30 697 04 20 242
>>>> ---------------
>>>> Weather charts:
>>>> http://www.meteo.gr
>>>> http://www.meteo.gr/meteomaps/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 15:02:08 -0600
> From: Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu>
> Subject: Re: [ncl-talk] Problem with contour plot
> To: Guilherme Martins <jgmsantos at gmail.com>
> Cc: NCL <ncl-talk at ucar.edu>
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> Guilherme,
> 
> Please see examples shapefiles_21.ncl at:
> 
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/shapefiles.shtml#ex21
> 
> It explains why you see these "blocky" contours in NCL.
> 
> Simply put, if you have four points that represent a box at the edge of a
> domain, and three of them have data one them and one is missing, then NCL
> will only draw contours in half of the box, because it won't extrapolate to
> that missing point.
> 
> The real question is: do you simply want the graphics not to have gaps, or
> do you actually want there to be data in locations that fall just outside
> the geographical boundary?  You can do things to force values just outside
> the geographical boundary, but this depends on how you are masking in the
> first place.
> 
> If you are masking based on a shapefile, then see example shapefiles_18.ncl
> on the same page:
> 
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/shapefiles.shtml#ex18
> 
> Note, however, that this mask is now returning values outside the range of
> interest.
> 
> If you are simply trying to mask your data *graphically* by some
> geographical area, then instead of trying to use a mask function, you can
> draw the full data, and then draw polygons filled in with white in the
> areas you don't want to see graphically.  That's what example 21 is showing.
> 
> --Mary
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Guilherme Martins <jgmsantos at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Dear users,
>> 
>> After searching extensively on the NCL website I was not able to find a
>> solution to my problem. I only want values within the contour of the
>> continent, but some edges appear in the figure that are stemming from the
>> mask that I applied and I do not know how to remove this. The figure is
>> attached for a better view of my problem.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Guilherme.
>> --
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ------------------------------------
>> Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
>> Centro de Previs?o de Tempo e Estudos Clim?ticos (CPTEC)
>> Divis?o de Sat?lites e Sistemas Ambientais (DSA)
>> Programa de Monitoramento de Queimadas
>> Telefone (INPE/CP): +55 12 3186-9205 <+55%2012%203186-9205> || Celular
>> (TIM): +55 12 98111-4292 <+55%2012%2098111-4292>
>> E-mail: guilherme.martins at inpe.br || jgmsantos at gmail.com
>> Skype: guilherme.martins.
>> Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/jgmsantos
>> Curr?culo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/5997657584785803
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ------------------------------------
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> Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:29:04 +0800 (CST)
> From: wen <wenguanhuan at 163.com>
> Subject: [ncl-talk] how to draw this kind of plot
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> Hi all,
>  I am trying to use TRMM 3B42 data  to draw this kind of plot. I haven't found a example on the website to draw it.  Do anyone know  how to make it. Which function should I
> use. Thank you!
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
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> 
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