Re: EZMAP - MAPSET help

Orfeo,

I couldn't see your PDF files.

I'm not an NCAR Graphics expert, but I might be able to help you view
your plot using NCL, which is included with NCAR Graphics.

Can you email me the PDF files (offline) and we'll take it from there.

Thanks,

--Mary

On Feb 22, 2010, at 3:28 AM, ORFEO COLEBATCH wrote:

> Hi, (sorry if this is a double post - i didn't see it appear in the
> mailing list)
>
> I'm currently using NCAR Graphics to plots some weather data for a
> university project, I was hoping to ask a question on this as i'm
> having trouble with it so i hope i've come to the right place for
> that.
>
> In plotting some of the data i've placed a map of australia behind
> the contour plot of temperatures. However points of the array
> corresponding to latitude and longitude data points do not seem to
> correlate to points on the map i've projected using some of the
> EZMAP instructions. A point in the gulf of carpenteria appears one
> array point off where it should be, if you look at the images found
> here (didn't know if i could attach files to this mailing list?)
> you'll get a better idea of what i am talking about.
>
> http://www.filefactory.com/file/b03aha0/n/spiketest.pdf
>
> http://www.filefactory.com/file/b03aha4/n/spiketest2.pdf
>
> The first image shows a spike which should basically be one array
> point upwards in the Gulf of Carpentaria. I have thoroughly checked
> my array references and i'm quite sure they are correct. The second
> image shows the same contour plot for January without the spike.
>
> One reason i think the australia projection isn't alligned is
> because you can see the contour plot points do no extent to the
> extent of the EZMAP projection. Ie: the tip of queensland and part
> of Tasmania fall outside the plotting area. So what i wonder is
> whether i need to squash that projection of australia down a bit to
> come in line with the contour plot done by CPEZCT.
>
> The instructions for the projection and contour plot are below.
> From the research i've done it appears that the call to SET defined
> the extents of the projection. Should I try and reduce the vertical
> extents - i have tried CALL SET (0.,1.,0.1,0.9,0.,1.,0.1,0.9,1).
> but it seems to make no difference.
>
> Is there anyway to make sure the plot of CPEZCT aligns with the
> plot made by EZMAP?
>
> thanks heaps for any help
>
> orfeo
>
>
>
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> CALL MAPSTI ('DO',1)
>
> CALL MAPSTI ('DD',24)
>
> CALL MAPSTC ('OU','CO')
>
> CALL MAPROJ ('LC',0.,0.,0.) ! CALL MAPROJ ('ST',0.,0.,0.)
>
> CALL MAPSET ('CO',-10.,110.,-45.,160.)
>
> CALL MAPDRW
>
> CALL SET (0.,1.,0.,1.,0.,1.,0.,1.,1)
>
> CALL PWRIT (.5,.975,"Aust Jan 06Z Mean Temp Kelvin",26,2,0,0)
> !
> !!
> !!!!!!!******************************************************!
>
> CALL CPEZCT (austjancomp06,austlong,austlat)
>
> !!!!!!!!!!*************************************************
>
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