; =================================================; ; gsn_vector_1.ncl ; =================================================; ; ; This file is loaded by default in NCL V6.2.0 and newer ; load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl" ; =================================================; begin f = addfile("uvt.nc","r") u = f->U(0,0,:,:) ; read in example data [2D only here] v = f->V(0,0,:,:) ; =================================================; ; create plots ; =================================================; wks = gsn_open_wks("png","gsn_vector") ; send graphics to PNG file res = True ; plot mods desired res@tiMainString = "Basic Vector Plot" res@vcRefMagnitudeF = 5.0 ; add a reference vector res@vcRefLengthF = 0.045 ; what the ref length is res@vcGlyphStyle = "CurlyVector" ; turn on curly vectors plot = gsn_vector(wks,u(::2,::2),v(::2,::2),res) end