;================================================; ; conwomap_2.ncl ; ; Concepts illustrated: ; - Drawing a simple filled contour plot ; - Selecting a different color map ; - Changing the size/shape of a contour plot using viewport resources ; ;================================================; ; ; These files are loaded by default in NCL V6.2.0 and newer ; load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl" ; load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl" ; ================================================; begin ;=================================================; ; open file and read in data ;=================================================; f = addfile("cone.nc","r") u = f->u(4,:,:) ;=================================================; ; PLOT 2 ;=================================================; wks = gsn_open_wks("png","conwomap") ; send graphics to PNG file res = True ; plot mods desired res@cnFillOn = True ; turn on color res@cnFillPalette = "gui_default" ; set color map res@vpWidthF = 0.5 ; change aspect ratio of plot res@vpHeightF = 0.3 res@gsnMaximize = True ; maximize plot size plot = gsn_csm_contour(wks,u,res) ; contour the variable ; In this file, the coordinate variables of the data are listed as ; lat and long, but they are really just index points, which makes this ; data suitable for plotting without a map. end