Re: problems with gsn_csm_contour_map

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Nice plot!

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NCL recommends that the .hluresfile at

http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/hlures.shtml

be placed in your home directory:
Copy the lines;
Create a .hluresfile [note the "."] in your home directory;
Place them in the file.

Amongst other things, this automatically causes the default font to be
helvetica.

Good luck

David Brown wrote:
> Hi Claude,
>
> This question is not really appropriate for the ncl-install group,
> which is focused on ncl installation issues. You should submit it to
> ncl-talk, where programming issues are discussed. That said, it
> appears to me that either there is some missing data in your data
> variable (var_to_plot), or else you are drawing something over the
> plot that is white in that location.
> You should try to eliminate possibilities by simplifying your plot in
> various ways. Does the white spot still appear if you put
> exit()
> immediately after the gsn_csm_contour_map call?
> If so you should look at your data.
> -dave
>
> On Oct 21, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Claude DEROGNAT wrote:
>
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>>>> I plot many figures with the gsn_csm_contour_map function but over
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>>>> figures a white scare appears close to the upper left corner. I
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>>>> use gsn_csm_contour with the result.
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>>>> A attached you the ncl. script and a example of figure converted in
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>>>> Any dea ?
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>>>> PS: the min/max values are figured on the graph and I obtain the
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>>>> result If the scale starts at -10 ...
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>>>> Regards,
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>>>> Claude Derognat . /Ingénieur R&D
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>>>> --
>>>> Bonnie Slagel
>>>> Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology
>>>> National Center for Atmospheric Research
>>>> P.O. Box 3000
>>>> Boulder, CO 80307
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