Re: tickmark labels for month

Hi Takeshi and others,

I've created a new Hovmueller example of what I think you are
trying to accomplish. Please see example 7 at:

     http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/time_lon.shtml

--Mary

On Mon, 2 Oct 2006, Takeshi Enomoto wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am drawing a Hovmoller diagram.
> I would like to label month names along the Y axis.
> I would like major tickmarks at the 1st day of the month
> and minors every, say 5 days.
> Month names should be placed between the two adjacent
> tickmarks, thus around the 16-th day of the month.
>
> Denoting = as the major and - as the minor tickmarks,
> it would be like,
>
> =
> -
> -
> Oct -
> -
> -
> =
>
> I was able to place labels at desired places by setting
> tmYLMode, tmYLValues and tmYLLabels appropriately.
> However, I was not able to have minor tickmarks since
> I used them as major (thicker and longer) tickmarks and
> hide majors by setting tmYLMajorLengthF = 0 and tmYLThicknessF = 0.
> The result is
>
> =
>
>
> Oct
>
>
> =
>
> I would be glad if you direct me a better way or to direct me to an example.
>
> It would be nice if ncl had a automatic labelling for the time axis
> although I understand that it is not easy.
>
> Takeshi
>
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> eno_at_jamstec.go.jp
> Earth Simulator Center, JAMSTEC
>
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