;---------------------------------------------------------------------- ; xy_24.ncl ; ; Concepts illustrated: ; - Filling the area between multiple curves in an XY plot ; - Making all curves in an XY plot solid ; - Adding custom labels to XY curves ;---------------------------------------------------------------------- ; 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" ;---------------------------------------------------------------------- ; This example illustrates the creation of a set of 4 ; vertically-curves, with various filling ; curves, with various filling between the curves. ;---------------------------------------------------------------------- begin ;---Define the number of points in each curve. NPTS = 500 PI100 = 0.031415926535898 ;---Create data for the four XY plots. x = ispan(0,NPTS-1,1) y = new((/4,NPTS/),float) theta = PI100*x y(0,:) = sin(theta) y(1,:) = 2+sin(2*sqrt(fabs(theta))) ; Make sure they y(2,:) = 4+sin(3*sqrt(fabs(theta))) ; don't intersect. y(3,:) = 6+sin(10*sqrt(fabs(theta))) wks = gsn_open_wks("png","xy") ; send graphics to PNG file res = True ; Plot options desired res@gsnMaximize = True ; Maximize plot in frame res@xyMonoDashPattern = True ; Solid lines for all curves ; ; Specify the colors to use between adjacent curves. ; ; The area b/w curves y(0,:) and y(1,:) will be filled in with red ; The area b/w curves y(1,:) and y(2,:) will be filled in with blue ; The area b/w curves y(2,:) and y(3,:) will be filled in with orange ; res@gsnXYFillColors = (/"red","blue","orange"/) res@tiMainString = "gsnXYFillColors = red,blue,orange" xy = gsn_csm_xy(wks,x,y,res) ; Draw the four curves ; ; The second plot will fill two curves differently, depending on ; where they intersect. ; delete(res@gsnXYFillColors) ; Make sure this isn't set. ;---Create 6 curves. NPLOTS = 6 y := new((/NPLOTS,NPTS/),float) do i=0,NPLOTS-1 y(i,:) = sin((i+1)*sqrt(fabs(theta))) end do ;---Space the curves out a little. y(2,:) = 2 + y(2,:) y(3,:) = 2 + y(3,:) y(4,:) = 4 + y(4,:) y(5,:) = 4 + y(5,:) ; ; Specify the colors to use between adjacent curves, depending ; on where they intersect. ; ; "purple" will be used to fill all areas where curve y(1,:) > y(0,:) ; "orange" will be used to fill all areas where curve y(1,:) < y(0,:) ; ; "brown" will be used to fill all areas where curve y(3,:) > y(2,:) ; "coral" will be used to fill all areas where curve y(3,:) < y(2,:) ; ; "gray85" will be used to fill all areas where curve y(5,:) > y(4,:) ; "gray25" will be used to fill all areas where curve y(5,:) < y(4,:) ; ; Nothing will be done between curves y(1,:) & y(2,:) or ; curves y(3,:) & y(4,:) (hence the "transparent" setting) ; ; res@tiMainString = "Using gsnXYAboveFillColors/gsnXYBelowFillColors" res@tiMainFontHeightF = 0.02 above_colors = (/"purple","transparent","brown","transparent","Gray85"/) below_colors = (/"orange","transparent","coral","transparent","Gray25"/) res@gsnXYAboveFillColors = above_colors res@gsnXYBelowFillColors = below_colors res@xyLabelMode = "Custom" ; label a line res@xyExplicitLabels = "Y" + ispan(1,NPLOTS,1) xy = gsn_csm_y(wks,y,res) ; Draw the six curves end