[ncl-talk] How to add more major labels

[Barry Lynn]

Hello:

Just in case anyone is searching.

Setting  res at pmTickMarkDisplayMode = "Always"

will improve the labeling of latitude longitude labels on maps.

Instead of 1 label, it will add more, making for a more aesthetic plot.

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 9:21 PM, Alan Brammer <abrammer at albany.edu> wrote:

> You need to tell NCL where those labels should be placed.
>
> res at tmYLValues = (/35,34,33,32/)
>
> Can’t see the script so hopefully this line isn’t already in there.
>
>
> Good luck,
>         Alan
>
> > On 29 Jun 2017, at 13:11, Laura Fowler <laura at ucar.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > I am trying to add more major tick marks for my contour plots (the
> > original plot only shows one major tickmark on the left y-axis and the
> > right x-axis). For the left y-axis, I added the following lines (but
> > that did not help)?
> >
> > res at tmYLOn       = True
> > res2tmYLLabelsOn = True
> > res at tmYLMode     = "Explicit"
> > res at tmYLLabels   = (/"35N","34N","33N","32N"/)
> >
> > I must be missing something? If needed, my script is plots.ncl in the
> > directory /glade2/scratch2/laura/LIGHTNINGproject/from_drumlin/20170510.
> > And my current plot is in lma_source.0.pdf.
> >
> > I would really appreciate if somebody could give me a hint on what I
> > need to add to trigger more major tickmarks.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Laura
> >
> >
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