;*************************************************
; NCL Graphics: text_2.ncl
;************************************************
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
;************************************************
begin
;************************************************
; read in netCDF file
;************************************************
  a = addfile("uv300.nc","r")
  u = a->U(0,:,8)
;************************************************
; create plot
;************************************************
  wks = gsn_open_wks("ps","text")   

  res                 = True                     ; plot mods desired
  res@gsnFrame        = False                    ; don't advance frame yet

  plot=gsn_csm_xy(wks,u&lat,u,res)               ; draw xy plot

;************************************************
; Draw text on plot using NDC coordinates.
;************************************************
  txres               = True                     ; text mods desired
  txres@txFontHeightF = 0.03                     ; font smaller. default big

; page coordinates are normalized. go from 0->1 not 0->8" etc.
  gsn_text_ndc(wks,"Text in Page(NDC) Coordinates",0.3,0.1,txres) 

  frame(wks)                                     ; now advance frame

end