Re: time series plotting

Hi James,

Why don't you just plot in Markers mode instead of Line mode?

Verica

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On Jan 10, 2007, at 4:59 PM, James McPhee wrote:

> Hi All,
> I'm trying to plot a time series with data gaps. This is I have
> something like
>
> X!0="time"
> X&time=stamp
> stamp_at_units="seconds since 1-1-1970 00:00:0.0"
>
> Most of the data is taken every 30 min, but some times are not
> available. The unavailable times do not correspond to _FillValue
> values; instead, the time corrdinate just doesn't include those
> time stamps. Therefore, if I use gsn_csm_xy to plot the data, a
> straight line joins the last point before a gap and the first point
> after the gap. I'd like the plot to actually show the gap, for
> which I imagine I would have to somehow *insert* the missing time
> stamps and corresponding _FillValue values into the time series. Is
> there an efficient way to do this in NCL without going through a
> loop? can I avoid inserting the missing time stamps at all and
> still have the desired effect on the plot?
>
> Thanks much!
>
> James
>
> James McPhee
> Profesor Asistente, Departamento de Ingenieria Civil
> Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Universidad de Chile
> Av. Blanco Encalada 2002 piso 3
> Santiago, Chile
> tel: +56-2-9784400
> jmcphee_at_ing.uchile.cl
> http://www.cec.uchile.cl/~jmcphee
>
>
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