[ncl-talk] RGB triplets colormap --> Two different figures, same script.

Lara Quitián Hernández laraquitianhernandez at gmail.com
Fri Jun 1 14:13:26 MDT 2018


Great! Thanks for the clarification! :)

Best Regards,
Lara


El El vie, 1 jun 2018 a las 21:28, Rick Brownrigg <brownrig at ucar.edu>
escribió:

> Yes, Rashed is exactly correct (Thanks Rashed!). Because the first two
> colors in your colormap are very nearly white, and while the titles and
> other annotations are being drawn, they are nearly indistinguishable from
> the white background (you can see them very faintly however).
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Rashed Mahmood <rashidcomsis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I think, the reason is that *for gsn_define_colormap*, you need to add
>> both background and foreground colours in the list when explicitly defining
>> colours triplets. So, in your list of color triplets, the second entry
>> should be "(/0.,0.,0./)".
>>
>> Replace the colors variable in your script with following:
>>
>> colors = (/"(/1.00, 1.00, 1.00/)","(/0.,0.,0./)", "(/0.98,  0.99,
>> 1.00/)", \
>> "(/0.98,  0.99,  1.00/)", "(/0.96,  0.98,  0.99/)", \
>> "(/0.95,  0.98,  0.99/)", "(/0.94,  0.98,  0.99/)", \
>> "(/0.93,  0.97,  0.99/)", "(/0.92,  0.97,  0.99/)", \
>> "(/0.91,  0.96,  0.99/)", "(/0.90,  0.96,  0.99/)", \
>> "(/0.89,  0.96,  0.99/)", "(/0.88,  0.95,  0.99/)", \
>> "(/0.87,  0.95,  0.98/)", "(/0.86,  0.94,  0.98/)", \
>> "(/0.85,  0.94,  0.98/)", "(/0.84,  0.94,  0.98/)", \
>> "(/0.83,  0.93,  0.98/)", "(/0.82,  0.93,  0.98/)", \
>> "(/0.81,  0.92,  0.98/)", "(/0.80,  0.92,  0.98/)", \
>> "(/0.79,  0.92,  0.98/)", "(/0.78,  0.91,  0.98/)", \
>> "(/0.77,  0.91,  0.98/)", "(/0.76,  0.90,  0.98/)", \
>> "(/0.74,  0.90,  0.98/)", "(/0.74,  0.90,  0.98/)", \
>> "(/0.72,  0.89,  0.97/)", "(/0.71,  0.89,  0.97/)", \
>> "(/0.70,  0.89,  0.97/)", "(/0.69,  0.88,  0.97/)", \
>> "(/0.69,  0.88,  0.97/)", "(/0.67,  0.87,  0.97/)", \
>> "(/0.66,  0.87,  0.97/)", "(/0.65,  0.87,  0.97/)", \
>> "(/0.64,  0.86,  0.97/)", "(/0.63,  0.86,  0.96/)", \
>> "(/0.61,  0.85,  0.96/)", "(/0.60,  0.84,  0.96/)", \
>> "(/0.59,  0.83,  0.96/)", "(/0.58,  0.83,  0.95/)", \
>> "(/0.58,  0.82,  0.94/)", "(/0.57,  0.81,  0.94/)", \
>> "(/0.56,  0.80,  0.94/)", "(/0.55,  0.80,  0.93/)", \
>> "(/0.54,  0.79,  0.92/)", "(/0.53,  0.78,  0.92/)", \
>> "(/0.52,  0.77,  0.92/)", "(/0.51,  0.76,  0.91/)", \
>> "(/0.50,  0.75,  0.90/)", "(/0.49,  0.74,  0.90/)", \
>> "(/0.49,  0.74,  0.90/)", "(/0.48,  0.73,  0.89/)", \
>> "(/0.47,  0.72,  0.89/)", "(/0.46,  0.71,  0.88/)", \
>> "(/0.45,  0.70,  0.88/)", "(/0.44,  0.70,  0.87/)", \
>> "(/0.43,  0.69,  0.87/)", "(/0.42,  0.68,  0.86/)", \
>> "(/0.41,  0.67,  0.86/)", "(/0.40,  0.67,  0.85/)", \
>> "(/0.40,  0.66,  0.85/)", "(/0.39,  0.65,  0.85/)", \
>> "(/0.38,  0.64,  0.84/)", "(/0.37,  0.63,  0.83/)", \
>> "(/0.36,  0.62,  0.83/)", "(/0.35,  0.61,  0.83/)", \
>> "(/0.34,  0.61,  0.82/)", "(/0.33,  0.60,  0.81/)", \
>> "(/0.32,  0.59,  0.81/)", "(/0.31,  0.58,  0.81/)", \
>> "(/0.30,  0.58,  0.80/)", "(/0.30,  0.57,  0.80/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.55,  0.79/)", "(/0.28,  0.56,  0.77/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.56,  0.76/)", "(/0.28,  0.56,  0.74/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.57,  0.73/)", "(/0.28,  0.57,  0.72/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.58,  0.70/)", "(/0.28,  0.58,  0.69/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.58,  0.67/)", "(/0.28,  0.59,  0.66/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.60,  0.65/)", "(/0.28,  0.60,  0.63/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.60,  0.62/)", "(/0.28,  0.61,  0.61/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.61,  0.59/)", "(/0.28,  0.61,  0.58/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.62,  0.56/)", "(/0.28,  0.62,  0.55/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.63,  0.54/)", "(/0.28,  0.63,  0.52/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.63,  0.51/)", "(/0.28,  0.64,  0.49/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.64,  0.48/)", "(/0.28,  0.65,  0.47/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.65,  0.45/)", "(/0.28,  0.65,  0.44/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.66,  0.42/)", "(/0.28,  0.66,  0.41/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.67,  0.40/)", "(/0.28,  0.71,  0.38/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.68,  0.37/)", "(/0.28,  0.68,  0.35/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.69,  0.34/)", "(/0.28,  0.69,   0.32/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.69,  0.31/)", "(/0.28,  0.70,  0.30/)", \
>> "(/0.28,  0.70,  0.27/)"/)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 3:12 AM, Lara Quitián Hernández <
>> laraquitianhernandez at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I just found the solution! If you use the *cnFillPalette* instead of
>>> *gsn_define_colormap* function, it works! I do not know the reason
>>> because it should also work with the "gsn" function (as the documentation
>>> says), but at least it works.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Lara
>>>
>>> 2018-06-01 11:50 GMT+02:00 Lara Quitián Hernández <
>>> laraquitianhernandez at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> OK. I will ask them.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Lara
>>>>
>>>> 2018-06-01 11:47 GMT+02:00 Guido Cioni <guidocioni at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> SOrry, I've just realized that you're using WRF functions, which I
>>>>> actually don't know that much and use to cause many problems when they are
>>>>> used in a slightly different configuration that they were intended to...
>>>>> That may be the cause since I've used a similar setup, besides the WRF
>>>>> functions, and it was working. Maybe you should write to wrf-ncl-help?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1. Jun 2018, at 11:45, Guido Cioni <guidocioni at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey Lara,
>>>>> any chance you could also send the file? Or is it too large?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1. Jun 2018, at 11:43, Lara Quitián Hernández <
>>>>> laraquitianhernandez at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't get any warning or error message...It's really weird.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, I attach my script. Thank you very much.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Lara
>>>>>
>>>>> 2018-06-01 11:29 GMT+02:00 Guido Cioni <guidocioni at gmail.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Lara, this is indeed pretty weird...
>>>>>> Do you get any warning while running the script?
>>>>>> Also, could you attach the script so that we can take a look?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1. Jun 2018, at 11:19, Lara Quitián Hernández <
>>>>>> laraquitianhernandez at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good morning,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to display a particular field using a combination of RGB
>>>>>> triplets. I have already defined them:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *colors = (/"(/1.00, 1.00, 1.00/)", "(/0.98,  0.99,  1.00/)", \*
>>>>>> *"(/0.98,  0.99,  1.00/)", "(/0.96,  0.98,  0.99/)", \*
>>>>>> *"(/0.95,  0.98,  0.99/)", "(/0.94,  0.98,  0.99/)", \*
>>>>>> *"(/0.93,  0.97,  0.99/)", "(/0.92,  0.97,  0.99/)", \*
>>>>>> *"(/0.91,  0.96,  0.99/)", "(/0.90,  0.96,  0.99/)", \*
>>>>>> *"(/0.89,  0.96,  0.99/)", "(/0.88,  0.95,  0.99/)", \*
>>>>>> *"(/0.87,  0.95,  0.98/)", "(/0.86,  0.94,  0.98/)", \*
>>>>>> *"(/0.85,  0.94,  0.98/)", "(/0.84,  0.94,  0.98/)"/)*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *gsn_define_colormap(wks,colors)*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, I obtain a figure without title, tickmarks, time stamp,
>>>>>> labelbar information, etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <850hPa_ETH_416_2014-10-19_18:00:00.png>
>>>>>> The issue is that when I use a predefined colormap without changing
>>>>>> any other variable in my script:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *gsn_define_colormap(wks,"WhiteBlueGreenYellowRed")*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I obtain a complete figure with all predefined settings. Both images
>>>>>> are generated with the same script, only by modifying the colormap
>>>>>> function. What's going on?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <850hPa_ETH2_416_2014-10-19_18:00:00.png>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Lara
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Lara Quitián Hernández, PhD Student*
>>>>>> Departamento de Física de la Tierra, Astronomía y Astrofísica
>>>>>> Facultad de Ciencias Físicas
>>>>>> Ciudad Universitaria, Plaza Ciencias, 1
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Lara Quitián Hernández, PhD Student*
>>>>> Departamento de Física de la Tierra, Astronomía y Astrofísica
>>>>> Facultad de Ciencias Físicas
>>>>> Ciudad Universitaria, Plaza Ciencias, 1
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>>>>> <ETH_lara.ncl>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Guido Cioni
>>>>> http://guidocioni.altervista.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Guido Cioni
>>>>> http://guidocioni.altervista.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Lara Quitián Hernández, PhD Student*
>>>> Departamento de Física de la Tierra, Astronomía y Astrofísica
>>>> Facultad de Ciencias Físicas
>>>> Ciudad Universitaria, Plaza Ciencias, 1
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>>>> 28040 Madrid. Spain
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>>>> Email: lquitian at ucm.es <mlunar at aemet.es>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> *Lara Quitián Hernández, PhD Student*
>>> Departamento de Física de la Tierra, Astronomía y Astrofísica
>>> Facultad de Ciencias Físicas
>>> Ciudad Universitaria, Plaza Ciencias, 1
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*Lara Quitián Hernández, PhD Student*
Departamento de Física de la Tierra, Astronomía y Astrofísica
Facultad de Ciencias Físicas
Ciudad Universitaria, Plaza Ciencias, 1
28040 Madrid. Spain
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