Re: Tropopause overlay

From: Dennis Shea <shea_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Mon Jul 19 2010 - 09:58:22 MDT

To my knowledge, no graphical options.

use, say, a 1-2-1 smoother or a 5 pt smoother

wgt = (/1,2,1/)*1.0
wgt = (/1, 3, 5, 3, 1/)*1.0

trop = wgt_runave(trop, wgt, 1)
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/wgt_runave.shtml

This might be more convenient,

trop = wgt_runave(trop, wgt, 1, ???)
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/wgt_runave_n.shtml

On 7/19/10 9:38 AM, Dan Barrie wrote:
> Thanks, Dennis. That worked well.
>
> Is there an option that can smooth the line?
>
> -Dan
>
>
>
> Dennis Shea wrote:
>> Use: gsn_polyline or, if paneling, gsn_add_polyine
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> On 7/18/10 3:19 PM, Dan Barrie wrote:
>>> Dear NCL users,
>>>
>>> What is the recommended procedure for overlaying a line indicating the
>>> location of the tropopause on a height-latitude plot of temperature?
>>>
>>> I used the trop_wmo function to find the pressure level of the
>>> tropopause, and I then used closest_val_AnyOrder to convert the output
>>> pressure level of the tropopause back to the grid point level value.
>>> Because the contour plot has coordinates of level vs. latitude, I tried
>>> overlaying an xy plot where the x values were latitude and the y values
>>> were level on top of the contour figure. That approach did not work.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>>
>>> -Dan
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