Re: Setting Title Resources in the WRF functions

Hi Don,

I myself am trying to learn more about these title resources.

I tried all kinds of things, and could only get a title centered high
above the plot.

I'm going to throw in the towel and CC the experts here,
wrfhelp_at_ucar.edu.

--Mary

On Jun 25, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Don Morton wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm really getting to like these WRF-specific functions. I'm getting
> confused, however, on what resources to use for "tweaking" the
> graphics. I see that there are some suggestions at
>
> <http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/OnLineTutorial/Graphics/NCL/
> NCL_functions.htm>
>
> These have helped a lot, but not completely. I'm trying to re-
> position
> and resize a main title (which is just the timestamp), and it ain't
> working for me. If you look at
>
> <http://weather.arsc.edu/ForecastProducts/AKTrial2/webImages/
> 2009062500/image-FAIdbz-d02-001.gif>
>
> what I'm trying to do is center the timestamp "title" and change its
> font and/or size to make it more readable. I can send the complicated
> script if somebody wants, but I'm trying to save you the agony by
> excerpting the relevant portions below. I've tried playing around
> with
> things like "resPlot_at_MainTitlePos" and "resPlot_at_PlotTitlePos" (I don't
> even know if the latter is a valid resource, but I didn't get any
> complaints). I've also played with some of the traditional
> txFontHeightF types of resources, to no avail. I tried looking in
> "wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl" but I guess I don't understand the design well
> enough to make sense out of it.
>
> Again, the following is just an excerpt, and I can email the whole
> thing
> if somebody wants.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don
>
> ===============================================
>
> resPlot = True
> resPlot_at_FramePlot = False
> resPlot_at_NoTitles = True
> resPlot_at_CommonTitle = True
> resPlot_at_PlotTitle = timestamp
>
> ; DBZ contours (filled)
> mdbz = wrf_user_getvar(f, "mdbz", 0) ; Derived reflectivity
> mdbz_zoom = mdbz(y_start:y_end, x_start:x_end)
>
> resDBZ = True
> ; Remove the initial time header and the info footers
> resDBZ_at_InitTime = False
> resDBZ_at_Footer = False
>
> resDBZ_at_cnFillOn = True
> resDBZ_at_ContourParameters = (/5., 75., 5./)
> contourDBZ = wrf_contour(f, wks, mdbz_zoom, resDBZ)
>
> ; Map definitions
> resMap = True
> resMap_at_mpGeophysicalLineColor = "Black"
>
> resMap_at_ZoomIn = True ; set up map info for zoomed area
> resMap_at_Xstart = x_start
> resMap_at_Ystart = y_start
> resMap_at_Xend = x_end
> resMap_at_Yend = y_end
> ; Turn off the tick marks on the sides of map
> resMap_at_tmXTOn = False
> resMap_at_tmXBOn = False
> resMap_at_tmYLOn = False
> resMap_at_tmYROn = False
> plot = wrf_map_overlays(f, wks, (/contourDBZ/), resPlot, resMap)
>
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