<div dir="ltr">Hi Chris,<div>I would guess that NCL is trying to draw many vectors in a tiny space, and that that is why the plotting function call is just hanging. I would suggest plotting every 2nd or 3rd vector and see if you can see any results:</div><i> plot(0) = gsn_csm_pres_hgt_vector(wks, Zonal_DJF_U_anomaly(::2,::2), Zonal_DJF_vstar_anomaly(::2,::2), Zonal_DJF_wstar_anomaly(::2,::2), res)<br></i><div> </div><div>If that results in a plot, my guess was correct. You can also adjust the vector lengths and thicknesses and such and/or set vcMinDistanceF to make the vectors less dense. See the top of the vectors applications page here:</div><div><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/vector.shtml">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/vector.shtml<br></a></div><div>Hope that helps!</div><div>Adam</div><div><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/vector.shtml"><br></a></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 12:38 PM Christopher Maloney via ncl-talk <<a href="mailto:ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu" target="_blank">ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>To whom it may concern,</div><div><br></div><div> I am trying to plot a pressure/height vs. latitude plot of zonal winds with WV wind vectors overlaid on top. I've been trying to follow the example shown in '<a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/vector_5.ncl" target="_blank">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/vector_5.ncl</a>' and use the 'gsn_csm_pres_hgt_vector' function, but every time the script gets to the point where it calls that function it just hangs and does nothing. I can successfully run 'gsn_csm_pres_hgt' and produce a plot with all of my variables so I know that they are formatted properly. I am using NCL version 6.6.2 so I don't think it is a version issue. I've pasted my plotting code below. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>Plotting Script (the script hangs on the first plot(0) call):</div><div><i><br> wks = gsn_open_wks("png", "/Users/cmaloney/Other_NCL_scripts/images/zonal_avgs/diff_plots/" + runa + "_" + runDef + "seasonal_wind_anomalies")<br> plot = new(2,graphic)<br> <br> <br> res = True<br> res@gsnDraw = False<br> res@gsnFrame = False <br> res@cnFillOn = True <br> res@cnLinesOn = False <br> res@trYMinF = 1.0<br> res@cnFillPalette = "BlueDarkRed18" <br> res@lbTitleString = "Delta (m/sec)"<br> res@lbTitlePosition = "Bottom" <br> res@tiYAxisString = "Pressure (hPa)"<br> res@tmYLMode = "Explicit"<br> res@tmYLValues = (/ 850, 500, 300, 200, 150, 100, 70, 50, 30, 10, 1 /)<br> res@tmYLLabels = (/ "850", "500", "300", "200", "150", "100", "70", "50", "30", "10", "1" /)<br> res@cnLevelSelectionMode = "ManualLevels"<br> res@cnMaxLevelValF = 2<br> res@cnMinLevelValF = -2<br> res@cnLevelSpacingF = 0.1<br> res@pmLabelBarOrthogonalPosF = 0.025<br> res@vcMapDirection = False<br> res@vcGlyphStyle = "CurlyVector" ; turn on curly vectors<br> <br> <br> plot(0) = gsn_csm_pres_hgt_vector(wks, Zonal_DJF_U_anomaly, Zonal_DJF_vstar_anomaly, Zonal_DJF_wstar_anomaly, res)<br> <br> plot(1) = gsn_csm_pres_hgt_vector(wks, Zonal_JJA_U_anomaly, Zonal_JJA_vstar_anomaly, Zonal_JJA_wstar_anomaly, res)<br><br> resP = True<br> resP@gsnFrame = False <br> resP@gsnPanelLabelBar = True <br> resP@lbLabelFontHeightF = 0.015 <br> resP@gsnPanelBottom = 0.2 <br> resP@gsnPanelTop = 0<br> resP@gsnPanelYWhiteSpacePercent = 5.<br> resP@gsnPanelXWhiteSpacePercent = 5.<br> resP@gsnPanelMainString = "Wind Anomalies" <br> gsn_panel(wks,plot,(/1,2/),resP)<br> </i></div><div><i> draw(plot)<br></i></div><div><i> frame(wks)</i></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your help,</div><div>- Chris</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Christopher Maloney <br></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Professional Research Associate<br></div><div>CIRES at the University of Colorado/NOAA Chemical Sciences Lab</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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