[ncl-talk] label box format and units

[Mariangel Fedrizzi - NOAA Affiliate]

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for your response. "Number format" meaning not scientific notation.
I will look into your suggestions.

Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving holiday!
Best regards,
Mariangel.


On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 4:38 PM Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:

> **I am NOT a graphics expert.**
> -----
> What "number format" do you want? The following is for tickmarks but, I
> think, the following could be used for the wind annotation
> See: *https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/tickmarks.shtml#ex8*
> <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/tickmarks.shtml#ex8>
>
> -----
>
> There are few (if any) examples that explicitly illustrate an answer to your question.
> See *Example 4* <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/unique_4.ncl> at *UNIQUE* <https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/unique.shtml>
>
> The following explicitly adds "meters per second" as the units
>
>   vcres at vcRefAnnoString1         = "$VMG$ meters per second"      ;  "$VMG$ mps"
>
> $*VMG*$: The magnitude represented by the annotation's arrow.
>
>  ----
>
> Likely, there are other approaches but I have not experience with the wind
> annotation object.
>
> Hopefully, after the Thanksgiving holidays someone will respond.
>
> Stay Healthy
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 1:41 PM Mariangel Fedrizzi - NOAA Affiliate via
> ncl-talk <ncl-talk at mailman.ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can I change the number format and add units to the label box in this
>> figure?
>>
>> https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Images/weather_sym_9_lg.png
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mariangel.
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