Re: Problem with spacing between plots in a panel plot

Hi Soumik,
When you are paneling plots, it is recommended that you do not set gsnMaximize = True in your individual plot resource lists. (res and sres in your case) It is of course fine to set gsnMaximize in the panel resource list. Try removing gsnMaximize from your res and sres resource lists and see if that helps... Adam

On Jul 6, 2012, at 3:58 PM, Soumik Basu <sbasu@iarc.uaf.edu> wrote:

> Hi Adam,
>
> Thanks for the reply.I made those changes but I am still getting the similar plots. Can you please suggest what else can cause it. here is the complete plotting resources:
>
>
> ;*******************************************************
> ;Plot resources for eady growth first set (non shaded)
> ;******************************************************
>
> wks = gsn_open_wks("png","eady_eke_var_diff_spring_winter")
> gsn_define_colormap(wks,"BlAqGrYeOrReVi200")
>
>
> res = True
> res@cnLinesOn = True
>
> res@tmLabelAutoStride = True
>
> res@tmXTOn = False
> res@tmYROn = False
>
> res@cnLevelSelectionMode = "ManualLevels"
> res@cnMinLevelValF = 0
> res@cnMaxLevelValF = 2.0
> res@cnLevelSpacingF = 0.2
> res@cnLineLabelFontHeightF= 0.015
> res@cnInfoLabelOn = False ; turn off cn info label
> res@cnLineLabelsOn = False
>
> res@lbLabelBarOn = False
>
> res@gsnDraw = False
> res@gsnFrame = False
> res@gsnMaximize = True
>
> res@pmLabelBarDisplayMode = "Never"
>
> ;*************************************************
> ; Plot resources for eke first set (shaded)
> ;*************************************************
> plot = new(4,graphic) ; create a plot array
>
> sres = True
>
> sres@gsnDraw = False
> sres@gsnFrame = False
> sres@gsnMaximize = True
> sres@gsnSpreadColors = True
>
> sres@cnFillOn = True
> sres@cnLinesOn = False
> sres@cnLevelSelectionMode = "ManualLevels"
> sres@cnMinLevelValF = 0
> sres@cnMaxLevelValF = 250
> sres@cnLevelSpacingF = 5
> sres@cnInfoLabelOn = False ; turn off cn info label
> sres@cnLineLabelsOn = False
>
> sres@tmLabelAutoStride = True
> sres@tmXTOn = False
> sres@tmYROn = False
>
> sres@mpLimitMode = "LatLon"
> sres@mpMinLatF = 10.
> sres@mpMaxLatF = 80.
> sres@mpMinLonF = 130.
> sres@mpMaxLonF = 330.
> sres@mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF = 1.75
> sres@mpCenterLonF = 210
> sres@mpShapeMode = "FreeAspect"
> sres@lbOrientation = "vertical" ;vertical label bar
> sres@lbLabelBarOn = False
> sres@lbLabelAutoStride = True
>
>
> ;*********************************
> ; Plot first set (four means)
> ;*********************************
>
> plot_eke1 = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,eke_var(:,:),sres)
> plot_eady1 = gsn_csm_contour(wks,eady_var(:,:),res)
> overlay(plot_eke1,plot_eady1)
> plot(0) = plot_eke1
>
> plot_eke2 = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,eke_var_ens(:,:),sres)
> plot_eady2 = gsn_csm_contour(wks,eady_var_ens(:,:),res)
> overlay(plot_eke2,plot_eady2)
> plot(1) = plot_eke2
>
> res@gsnLeftString = " "
>
> plot_eke3 = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,eke_var1(:,:),sres)
> plot_eady3 = gsn_csm_contour(wks,eady_var1(:,:),res)
> overlay(plot_eke3,plot_eady3)
> plot(2) = plot_eke3
>
> plot_eke4 = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,eke_var_ens1(:,:),sres)
> plot_eady4 = gsn_csm_contour(wks,eady_var_ens1(:,:),res)
> overlay(plot_eke4,plot_eady4)
> plot(3) = plot_eke4
>
> ;************************************************
> ; create first set panel plot(four means)
> ;************************************************
> resPanel = True
>
> resPanel@gsnFrame = False
>
> resPanel@gsnSpreadColors = True
> resPanel@gsnPanelLabelBar = True ; add color bar
> resPanel@gsnPanelFigureStrings = (/"a","b","c","d"/)
> resPanel@gsnPanelFigureStringsFontHeightF = 0.02
> resPanel@gsnPanelFigureStringsPerimOn = True
> resPanel@gsnPanelDebug = True
> resPanel@gsnPanelTop = 0.9
> resPanel@gsnPanelBottom = 0.3 ;move bottom up from 0 to 0.4
> resPanel@gsnPanelLeft = 0.0
> resPanel@gsnPanelRight = 0.9
> resPanel@gsnPanelDebug = True
>
> resPanel@lbOrientation = "Vertical"
> resPanel@lbLabelAutoStride = False
> resPanel@lbLabelStride = 5
>
> gsn_panel(wks,plot,(/2,2/),resPanel)
>
> ;*****************************************************************
> ; create plot resources eady growth diff next set of plots(non shaded)
> ;*****************************************************************
> plot1 = new(2,graphic) ; create a plot array
>
> dres = True
>
> dres@gsnMaximize = True
>
>
> dres@cnLinesOn = True
> dres@cnLevelSelectionMode = "ManualLevels"
> dres@cnMinLevelValF = 0
> dres@cnMaxLevelValF = 3
> dres@cnLevelSpacingF = 0.2
> dres@cnInfoLabelOn = False
> dres@cnLineLabelsOn = False
> dres@cnLineLabelDensityF = 1.
> dres@cnLineLabelFontHeightF = 0.015
> dres@cnLineLabelInterval = 3
>
> dres@tmLabelAutoStride = True
> dres@tmXTOn = False
> dres@tmYROn = False
>
> dres@lbLabelBarOn = False
>
> dres@gsnDraw = False
> dres@gsnFrame = False
> dres@gsnMaximize = True
>
>
> ;*****************************************************
> ; create plot resources eke next set of plots(shaded)
> ;******************************************************
>
> dbres = True
>
> dbres@gsnMaximize = True
> dbres@gsnSpreadColors = True
> dbres@gsnDraw = False
> dbres@gsnFrame = False
>
> dbres@cnFillOn = True
> dbres@cnLinesOn = False
> dbres@cnLevelSelectionMode = "ManualLevels"
> dbres@cnMinLevelValF = -40
> dbres@cnMaxLevelValF = 40
> dbres@cnLevelSpacingF = 0.5
> dbres@cnInfoLabelOn = False
> dbres@cnLineLabelsOn = False
>
>
> dbres@tmLabelAutoStride = True
> dbres@tmXTOn = False
> dbres@tmYROn = False
>
> dbres@lbOrientation = "Vertical"
> dbres@lbLabelBarOn = False
> dbres@lbLabelStride = 20.
> dbres@lbLabelAutoStride = False
>
> dbres@mpLimitMode = "LatLon"
> dbres@mpMinLatF = 10.
> dbres@mpMaxLatF = 80.
> dbres@mpMinLonF = 130.
> dbres@mpMaxLonF = 330.
> dbres@mpCenterLonF = 210
> dbres@mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF= 1.75
>
> getvalues plot(3)
> "vpWidthF" : vpw
> "vpHeightF" : vph
> end getvalues
>
>
> ; By default, you can't skew the width/height of a map plot.
> ; You must also set mpShapeMode to "FreeAspect" to indicate
> ; that you really want to skew the map.
>
> dbres@mpShapeMode = "FreeAspect"
> dbres@vpWidthF = vpw
> dbres@vpHeightF = vph
>
>
> ; ## SHADED
>
> plot1_eke1 = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,eke_diff,dbres)
> plot1_eke2 = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,eke_diff1,dbres)
>
> ; ## NON-SHADED
>
> plot1_eady1 = gsn_csm_contour(wks,eady_diff,dres)
> plot1_eady2 = gsn_csm_contour(wks,eady_diff1,dres)
>
> overlay(plot1_eke1,plot1_eady1)
> overlay(plot1_eke2,plot1_eady2)
>
> plot1(0) = plot1_eke1
> plot1(1) = plot1_eke2
>
>
>
> ;************************************************
> ; create next set panel plot
> ;************************************************
> dresPanel = True
>
> dresPanel@gsnFrame = False
> dresPanel@gsnSpreadColors = True
> dresPanel@gsnMaximize = True ; use full page
> dresPanel@gsnPanelLabelBar = True ; add color bar
> dresPanel@gsnPanelTop = 0.45
> dresPanel@gsnPanelBottom = 0.1
> dresPanel@gsnPanelLeft = 0.0
> dresPanel@gsnPanelRight = 0.9
> dresPanel@gsnPanelFigureStrings = (/"e","f"/)
> dresPanel@gsnPanelFigureStringsFontHeightF = 0.02
> dresPanel@gsnPanelFigureStringsPerimOn = True
> dresPanel@gsnPanelDebug = True
>
> dresPanel@lbOrientation = "Vertical"
> dresPanel@lbLabelAutoStride = False
> dresPanel@lbLabelStride = 10
>
> gsn_panel (wks,plot1,(/1,2/),dresPanel)
>
> frame(wks)
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Soumik
>
>
> On 2012-07-05 19:20, Adam Phillips wrote:
>> Hi Soumik,
>> Your top 4 plots are not taking up all of the space you are allotting
>> to them. They are maxed out on the page horizontally, and they are
>> only taking up roughly 0.5-0.9 of vertical NDC space. To take up more
>> space, NCL would need to alter the aspect ratio of the plot(s),
>> something it won't do unless you tell it to. (Setting res@mpShapeMode=
>> "FreeAspect" would do that. )
>>
>> Try setting gsnPanelTop for your bottom 2 plots to 0.45 (instead of 0.3)..
>> Hope that helps.. Adam
>>
>>
>> On Jul 5, 2012, at 6:21 PM, Soumik Basu <sbasu@iarc.uaf.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am trying to create a panel plot containing 6 plots. But I am having
>>> problem with the space between the plots.I am plotting the first four
>>> plots with a particular colorbar and the last two with another colorbar.
>>> Can anybody please suggest me what is going wrong.
>>>
>>> The panel plot resources (I am sending only the two separate resource
>>> parts of my script) I am using are as follows:
>>>
>>> ;************************************************
>>> ; create first set panel plot(top four of the panel)
>>> ;************************************************
>>> resPanel = True
>>>
>>> resPanel@gsnFrame = False
>>>
>>> resPanel@gsnSpreadColors = True
>>> resPanel@gsnPanelLabelBar = True ; add
>>> color bar
>>> resPanel@gsnPanelFigureStrings = (/"a","b","c","d"/)
>>> resPanel@gsnPanelFigureStringsFontHeightF = 0.02
>>> resPanel@gsnPanelFigureStringsPerimOn = True
>>> resPanel@gsnPanelDebug = True
>>> resPanel@gsnPanelTop = 0.9
>>> resPanel@gsnPanelBottom = 0.3 ;move bottom up
>>> from 0 to 0.4
>>> resPanel@gsnPanelLeft = 0.0
>>> resPanel@gsnPanelRight = 0.9
>>> resPanel@gsnPanelDebug = True
>>>
>>> resPanel@lbOrientation = "Vertical"
>>> resPanel@lbLabelAutoStride = False
>>> resPanel@lbLabelStride = 5
>>>
>>> gsn_panel(wks,plot,(/2,2/),resPanel)
>>>
>>> ;************************************************
>>> ; create last 2 of panel plot
>>> ;************************************************
>>> dresPanel = True
>>>
>>> dresPanel@gsnFrame = False
>>> dresPanel@gsnSpreadColors = True
>>> dresPanel@gsnMaximize = True ; use full
>>> page
>>> dresPanel@gsnPanelLabelBar = True ; add
>>> color bar
>>> dresPanel@gsnPanelTop = 0.3
>>> dresPanel@gsnPanelBottom = 0.1
>>> dresPanel@gsnPanelLeft = 0.0
>>> dresPanel@gsnPanelRight = 0.9
>>> dresPanel@gsnPanelFigureStrings = (/"e","f"/)
>>> dresPanel@gsnPanelFigureStringsFontHeightF = 0.02
>>> dresPanel@gsnPanelFigureStringsPerimOn = True
>>> dresPanel@gsnPanelDebug = True
>>>
>>> dresPanel@lbOrientation = "Vertical"
>>> dresPanel@lbLabelAutoStride = False
>>> dresPanel@lbLabelStride = 10
>>>
>>> gsn_panel (wks,plot1,(/1,2/),dresPanel)
>>> frame(wks)
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Soumik
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.
>>> ~J.K. Rowling"
>>> *****************************************
>>> Soumik Basu
>>> Graduate Student, Research Assistant
>>> International Arctic Research Center
>>> University of Alaska Fairbanks
>>> Fairbanks,Alaska,USA
>>> *****************************************
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> "Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.
> ~J.K. Rowling"
> *****************************************
> Soumik Basu
> Graduate Student, Research Assistant
> International Arctic Research Center
> University of Alaska Fairbanks
> Fairbanks,Alaska,USA
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