[ncl-talk] Question on ocean/inland water fill

[Andrew Kren - NOAA Federal]

Hi Rick,

I set the ocean color as this:

res at mpOceanFillColor = (/205.,255.,255./)


I got this error message:

fatal:Mul: operation not supported on type (string)


Thanks!



On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 1:30 PM Rick Brownrigg <brownrig at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> How did you try to set the ocean color, and what was the error NCL gave?
>
> Rick
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 10:53 AM Andrew Kren - NOAA Federal via ncl-talk <
> ncl-talk at mailman.ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I have a random question. I am plotting surface smoke from the HRRR but
>> decided to add color to the ocean and inland water. When I plotted data for
>> Alaska, since the HRRR domain only extends so far, the "cyan" color I chose
>> ends up becoming noticeable outside the plotted region. I believe the
>> reason the color shade is off is because I set a fill opacity less than 1,
>> which makes the ocean in the plotted region lighter. See plotted image of
>> the discrepancy.
>>
>> My question is, is there a way to get these two to match up without
>> having to change the fill opacity? Alternatively, I tried to set the ocean
>> fill color to the RGB triplet of the lighter ocean from the contour fill,
>> but NCL gave an error.
>>
>> Any feedback is appreciated! Thanks.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Andrew Kren
>> Meteorologist
>> NOAA's National Weather Service
>> Raleigh Forecast Office
>> 1005 Capability Drive, Suite 300
>> Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
>> voice: 919-326-1035
>> mailto: andrew.kren at noaa.govhttp://www.weather.gov/rah
>>
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Andrew Kren
Meteorologist
NOAA's National Weather Service
Raleigh Forecast Office
1005 Capability Drive, Suite 300
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
voice: 919-326-1035
mailto: andrew.kren at noaa.govhttp://www.weather.gov/rah
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