Re: setting time axis

Thanks a lot, That works. Exactly what I needed.

Best regards, Marjolaine.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Haley" <haley_at_ucar.edu>
To: "Marjolaine Rouault" <marjolaine_at_telkomsa.net>
Cc: <ncl-talk_at_ucar.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: setting time axis

>
> Hi Marjolaine,
>
> I wanted to test your script before I made this suggestion. Using
> "trXAxisType" was the right idea, but I think what you really want is:
>
> res_at_gsnXAxisIrregular2Linear = True
>
> This causes some more complicated code to happen internally
> that linearizes the X axis.
>
> Let me know if this is not what you're looking for.
>
> --Mary
>
>
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, Marjolaine Rouault wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have tried setting res_at_trXAxisType = "IrregularAxis" but it did
>> not change anything.
>>
>> This is what I get with
>> print (msla&time(yearind))
>> ---------------------------
>> Variable: time (coordinate subsection)
>> Type: double
>> Total Size: 1656 bytes
>> 207 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 1
>> Dimensions and sizes: [time | 207]
>> Coordinates:
>> Number Of Attributes: 4
>> missing_value : -999
>> units : days since 1950-01-01 00:00:0.0
>> long_name : reference time
>> _FillValue : -999
>> (0) 20457
>> (1) 20460
>> (2) 20464
>> (3) 20467
>> (4) 20471
>> (5) 20474
>> (6) 20478
>> (7) 20481
>> (8) 20485
>> (9) 20488
>> (10) 20492
>> (11) 20495
>> (12) 20499
>> (13) 20502
>> (14) 20506
>> (15) 20509
>> (16) 20513
>> (17) 20516
>> (18) 20520
>> (19) 20523
>> (20) 20527
>> (21) 20530
>> (22) 20534
>> (23) 20537
>> (24) 20541
>> (25) 20544
>> (26) 20548
>> (27) 20551
>> (28) 20555
>> (29) 20558
>> (30) 20562
>> (31) 20565
>> (32) 20569
>> (33) 20572
>> (34) 20579
>> (35) 20583
>> (36) 20586
>> (37) 20590
>> (38) 20593
>> (39) 20600
>> (40) 20604
>> (41) 20607
>> (42) 20611
>> (43) 20614
>> (44) 20618
>> (45) 20621
>> (46) 20625
>> (47) 20628
>> (48) 20632
>> (49) 20635
>> (50) 20639
>> (51) 20640
>> (52) 20641
>> (53) 20642
>> (54) 20643
>> (55) 20644
>> (56) 20645
>> (57) 20646
>> (58) 20647
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>> (60) 20649
>> (61) 20650
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>> (68) 20657
>> (69) 20658
>> (70) 20659
>> (71) 20660
>> (72) 20661
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>> (74) 20663
>> (75) 20664
>> (76) 20665
>> (77) 20666
>> (78) 20667
>> (79) 20668
>> (80) 20669
>> (81) 20670
>> (82) 20671
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>> (84) 20673
>> (85) 20674
>> (86) 20675
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>> (88) 20677
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>> (90) 20679
>> (91) 20680
>> (92) 20681
>> (93) 20682
>> (94) 20684
>> (95) 20685
>> (96) 20686
>> (97) 20687
>> (98) 20688
>> (99) 20689
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>> (108) 20699
>> (109) 20701
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>> (111) 20703
>> (112) 20704
>> (113) 20705
>> (114) 20706
>> (115) 20707
>> (116) 20708
>> (117) 20709
>> (118) 20710
>> (119) 20711
>> (120) 20712
>> (121) 20713
>> (122) 20714
>> (123) 20715
>> (124) 20716
>> (125) 20717
>> (126) 20718
>> (127) 20719
>> (128) 20720
>> (129) 20721
>> (130) 20722
>> (131) 20723
>> (132) 20724
>> (133) 20725
>> (134) 20726
>> (135) 20727
>> (136) 20728
>> (137) 20729
>> (138) 20730
>> (139) 20731
>> (140) 20732
>> (141) 20733
>> (142) 20734
>> (143) 20735
>> (144) 20736
>> (145) 20737
>> (146) 20738
>> (147) 20741
>> (148) 20742
>> (149) 20743
>> (150) 20744
>> (151) 20745
>> (152) 20746
>> (153) 20747
>> (154) 20748
>> (155) 20749
>> (156) 20750
>> (157) 20751
>> (158) 20752
>> (159) 20754
>> (160) 20755
>> (161) 20756
>> (162) 20757
>> (163) 20758
>> (164) 20759
>> (165) 20760
>> (166) 20761
>> (167) 20762
>> (168) 20763
>> (169) 20764
>> (170) 20765
>> (171) 20766
>> (172) 20767
>> (173) 20768
>> (174) 20769
>> (175) 20770
>> (176) 20771
>> (177) 20772
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>> (180) 20775
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>> (183) 20778
>> (184) 20779
>> (185) 20780
>> (186) 20782
>> (187) 20783
>> (188) 20784
>> (189) 20785
>> (190) 20786
>> (191) 20787
>> (192) 20788
>> (193) 20789
>> (194) 20790
>> (195) 20791
>> (196) 20792
>> (197) 20793
>> (198) 20794
>> (199) 20795
>> (200) 20796
>> (201) 20797
>> (202) 20798
>> (203) 20799
>> (204) 20800
>> (205) 20801
>> (206) 20802
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Allured" <dave.allured_at_noaa.gov>
>> To: <ncl-talk_at_ucar.edu>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:21 AM
>> Subject: Re: setting time axis
>>
>>
>>> Marjolaine,
>>>
>>> To get the desired time axis behavior, the variable "msla" must have not
>>> only a dimension named "time", but also an associated time coordinate
>>> variable that is proportional to real calendar time.
>>>
>>> I suspect that's what you are missing. What do you get with the
>>> following diagnostic just in front of your plot statement?
>>>
>>> print (msla&time(yearind))
>>> exit
>>>
>>> "Please reply to the list."
>>>
>>> --Dave A.
>>> CU/CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC)
>>> NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Climate Analysis Branch (CAB)
>>>
>>> Marjolaine Rouault wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I am plotting a variable using the following comand:
>>>> plot = gsn_csm_hov(wks, msla(lon|:,time|yearind), res)
>>>> yearind represents the indices of the variable msla falling within a
>>>> specific year. My problem is that my time axis is not regular. As you
>>>> will see in the plot, the space between the months changes according to
>>>> the number of points. I would like the months on my time axis to be
>>>> regularly spaced even if the number of points within a specific month
>>>> is not constant.
>>>> The output of the program gives the attached plot.
>>>> Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
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