<div dir="ltr"><div>Ah yes. Different marker types on multiple "curves" in 2-D mode. I had not thought of that. That is a satisfying explanation. Thanks for letting us know.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 10:40 AM Manisha Ganeshan <<a href="mailto:manisha.ganeshan86@gmail.com">manisha.ganeshan86@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks, Dave. I am using markers, and my xyMarkLineMode is set to indicate that. I can now confirm that the density is the same but visually appears different because the overlapping marker types vary when plotting 2D arrays. <div><i>"But there could easily be visible effects that are due to minor differences between the two plot modes, such as the way that overlapping markers are handled"</i></div><div>Your above statement answered my question.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Nisha</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 10:01 AM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <<a href="mailto:dave.allured@noaa.gov" target="_blank">dave.allured@noaa.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Check your settings for xyMarkLineMode and/or xyMarkLineModes. If either is set to "MarkLines", then you are drawing lines as well as markers. This is one possible explanation for longer run time and apparent increased density. In this case, I would suggest just use "Markers" for what I assume is a rather high density scatter plot.<br><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 26, 2022 at 6:59 AM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <<a href="mailto:dave.allured@noaa.gov" target="_blank">dave.allured@noaa.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>My interpretation of the function documentation is that a single "curve" will be drawn for 1-D arrays, and multiple "curves" will be drawn for 2-D arrays. So you are basically comparing two different kinds of plots.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are plotting markers only, then I would expect the two plots to be about the same. But there could easily be visible effects that are due to minor differences between the two plot modes, such as the way that overlapping markers are handled. I do not have a better explanation for your density effect.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 9:49 AM Manisha Ganeshan 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-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I have two 2D arrays that I'm plotting as a scatter plot using gsn_csm_xy.</div><div>If I convert them to 1D arrays using ndtooned, the plotting program runs a bit longer and the markers appear more densely packed. Other than that, the scatter plots appear the same.</div><div>I'd like to know if I should expect any difference in the plots?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Nisha<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dr. Manisha Ganeshan<div>Morgan State University</div><div>Maryland, U.S.A.</div></div></div></div></div>
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