Re: Plotting concave data

I have uploaded my file as "plotBT-raw.ncl" and my example HDF file as
"1B11.20100831.72869.7.HDF" under the incoming directory. Thank you.
Best wishes, Jeff

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:57 PM, David Brown <dbrown@ucar.edu> wrote:
> You would need to send us your script and the necessary data (or a link to an accessible data server) for us to help you.
> See the "Report bugs" page under Support on the NCL web site for instructions on uploading scripts and dasta.
>  -dave
>
>
> On Mar 26, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Jeff Steward wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need to plot level 1B data (brightness temperatures) from TRMM/TMI,
>> and I have had some measure of success using gsn_csm_contour_map.
>> However, each scan by TRMM is conical, and thus it creates a
>> non-convex path, like this:
>>
>> http://sharaku.eorc.jaxa.jp/ADEOS2/JAXA_TYP_DB/TYP_DB_TRMM/201008/07L/2A12.100829.72843.6.07L.EARL.png
>>
>> However, when I plot this with gsn_csm_contour_map, the concave
>> portion of the scan (the "U" shape at the back of the swath) is filled
>> in with interpolated, very poor quality values; I would much rather
>> just leave those values out.  As an example, over land the values
>> should obviously be around 300 K; with the interpolated values, the
>> temperature of the ocean and the land are mixed together.  Any ideas
>> about how I can make my plot more like the sharaku link above?
>>
>> Thank you for your time.  Best wishes,
>>
>> Jeff
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