Re: Time Series for a specific Latitude

Hi Dave,

Thank you very much for the advice! I will give that a shot asap and see
if I can get it working. If I have any other issues, I will do as you
suggested and send another email out to the list.

Thanks,
Taylor

On 1/8/13 2:24 PM, "Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate" <dave.allured@noaa.gov>
wrote:

>Taylor,
>
>Okay, this gives us a much better idea of what you want. Let's assume
>that you already have an NCL script to make the globally averaged
>temperature vs. time plot. It sounds like you want a zonal average
>east-west to the limits of the basin, at the specified latitude and
>depth, as a time series.
>
>If that is the case, then you simply take the existing script, and
>constrain the input data to be read using coordinate subscripting.
>You can probably just use the same averaging function that was used to
>make the global averages. You need to manually determine the east and
>west limits of the Atlantic basin at the specified latitude and depth;
>consult an ocean map or Google Earth or something.
>
>You can read about coordinate subscripting here:
>http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/Ref_Manual/NclVariables.shtml#Coo
>rdinateSubscripts
>
>If you need further advice, please post a copy of the global averaging
>and plot script that you are using, and a printVarSummary of your
>input data variable.
>
>--Dave
>(Reply to list only!)
>
>On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Taylor Hughlett
><taylor.hughlett@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Thanks for the response.
>>
>> What I am trying to do is plot the temperature from CCSM3 output data
>>over
>> a range of about 900 years only at 30 degrees North latitude for the
>> entire Atlantic basin at a depth of 800 meters.
>>
>> I can produce globally averaged temperature vs. time line plots, and
>>all I
>> am wanting to do is specify a particular depth and latitude over an
>>entire
>> basin.
>>
>> I feel like that probably did not clairfy things much. Let me know if
>>this
>> helped.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Taylor
>>
>> On 1/7/13 5:47 PM, "Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate"
>><dave.allured@noaa.gov>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>What do you mean by "for 30 degrees North latitude"? At what
>>>longitude? Or, do you want an average across a range of longitudes,
>>>in other words a zonal average?
>>>
>>>What kind of data are you starting with? Gridded?
>>>
>>>"Create a time series" -- You mean a line plot? See the example page
>>>for "XY" plots:
>>>
>>>http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/xy.shtml
>>>
>>>--Dave
>>>(Reply to list only!)
>>>
>>>On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Taylor Hughlett
>>><taylor.hughlett@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I was wondering what I would need to do in order to create a time
>>>>series for
>>>> a specific latitude.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What I am trying to plot is, for example, temperature at 800 meters
>>>>depth
>>>> for 30 degrees North latitude.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone have an idea or know how to produce this time series
>>>>plot?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Taylor Hughlett

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