Re: NCL plot settings changing from one computer cluster to another

Hi Kelly,

Are you generating PS or PDFs, and getting this behavior? I've seen some differences between how different viewers render these documents, e.g., acroreader vs. Preview vs. evince vs. ghostscript, etc. The differences are usually subtle however. Are you using the same viewer on both systems? Same exact script and NCL versions -- are you getting different output file sizes?

Rick

On Mar 2, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Kelly Mahoney wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having trouble getting my NCL-generated plots to look the same on
> one computing system (NOAA's Zeus) as they do on another (NOAA ESRL's Jet).
>
> Using the exactly same scripts (example below), the exact same
> .hluresfile in my /home directory, and the same version of NCL (6.0.0),
> some of my plots on Zeus remain stuck in "portrait" mode with a
> transparent background, and on Jet, the plots are landscape and with a
> solid white background (the latter is as desired).
>
> I have also tried all of the known-to-me NCL methods
> (gsnPaperOrientation, gsnMaximize, etc.) for hardwiring the image
> orientation, but nothing changes no matter what I set them to.
>
> Has anyone else come across these types of issues and know of a way to
> fix them? I'm working with the computing folks on this too, but wanted
> to see if the NCL community had any insight that might help.
>
> Thank you!
> Kelly Mahoney
>
>
>
>
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl"
> load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
>
> begin
> ;
> ; Open file and get variables.
> ;
>
> fils = systemfunc("ls ./wrfout_d02_*")+".nc" ; fils is a variable
> of type list (vs. one fil would be a variable of type file)
> nfil = dimsizes(fils) ; create a count of
> individual files instead of...
> ; concatonating
> variable from all files all together
>
> ;km do nf=0,nfil-1
> do nf=24,24
>
> f=addfile(fils(nf),"r")
> times = wrf_user_list_times(f) ; get time(s) in the file
> ;
> ; Get non-convective, convective
> ; Calculate total precipitation
> ;
>
> rain_exp = wrf_user_getvar(f,"RAINNC",-1)
> rain_con = wrf_user_getvar(f,"RAINC", -1)
>
> rain_tot = (rain_exp + rain_con)
> rain_tot@description = "Nov_29_2011 CTRL Run #3 4-km Precipitation
> (mm) at time "+times(:)
>
> wks =
> gsn_open_wks("ps","Nov29_CTRL3_4km_D02_precip_mm_NPVU_colors"+nf) ;
> Open graphics file.
> gsn_define_colormap(wks,"BlAqGrYeOrReVi200")
> gsnMaximize = True
> gsnPaperOrientation = "landscape"
>
> ;
> ; Set up resource list that will be shared between the
> ; two wrf_contour calls.
> ;
> res = True
> res@gsnDraw = False
> res@gsnFrame = False
> res@cnLevelSelectionMode = "ExplicitLevels"
> res@cnFillOn = True
> res@cnLinesOn = False
> res@lbLabelAutoStride = True
>
>
> ; Plotting options for Precipitation
> opts_r = res
> ; Plotting options for Precipitation
> opts_r = res
> opts_r@UnitLabel = "mm"
> opts_r@cnLevelSelectionMode = "ExplicitLevels"
> opts_r@cnLevels = (/ .25, 2.5, 6.4, 12.7, 19.1, 25.4,
> 38., 51., 64., 76., 102., 127., 152., 203., 254. /)
> opts_r@cnInfoLabelOn = False
> opts_r@cnConstFLabelOn = False
> opts_r@cnFillOn = True
> opts_r@cnFillColors =
> (/-1,35,20,4,86,57,70,104,123,140,155,168,177,190,201,-1/)
>
> opts_r@cnSmoothingOn = True
> opts_r@cnSmoothingDistanceF = .005
>
> ; Resources to control precipitation labelbar, which will be
> ; vertical.
> opts_r@lbTitleString = "Total Precipitation"
> opts_r@lbTitleDirection = "Down"
> opts_r@lbTitleJust = "CenterRight"
> opts_r@lbTitlePosition = "Right"
> opts_r@lbTitleOffsetF = 0.07
> opts_r@ValidTime = True
> opts_r@TimeLabel = times(:)
>
> opts_r@lbOrientation = "Vertical"
> opts_r@pmLabelBarSide = "Right"
> opts_r@pmLabelBarHeightF = 0.77
> opts_r@pmLabelBarWidthF = 0.11
> opts_r@pmLabelBarOrthogonalPosF = 0.03
> opts_r@lbBoxMinorExtentF = 0.4
>
> ; Total Precipitation (color fill)
> contour_tot = wrf_contour(f, wks, rain_tot(0,:,:), opts_r)
>
> ;
> ; Use the special wrf_map_overlays function to figure out
> ; the correct map projection and do the overlay.
> ;
> ; Set up two resource lists for wrf_map_overlays.
> ;
> pltres = True
> mpres = True
> mpres@mpGeophysicalLineColor = "Black"
> mpres@mpNationalLineColor = "Black"
> mpres@mpUSStateLineColor = "Black"
> mpres@mpGridLineColor = "Black"
> mpres@mpLimbLineColor = "Black"
> mpres@mpPerimLineColor = "Black"
>
> plot = wrf_map_overlays(f,wks,(/contour_tot/),pltres,mpres)
>
> end do
> end
>
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