Scripts used in NCL workshop graphics lecture
These examples show a progression of visualizations from the most basic one with no or minimal resources set, to a more complex visualization with multiple resources set. The scripts are named script1a.ncl, script1b.ncl, script1c.ncl, etc to indicate the progression of examples.Click on any of the thumbnails to see a larger image. You can download the NCL scripts by right-clicking on them and doing a "Save As" or "Download linked file". Some of the data files are available for download here, or they may be available on your student machine in class. See instructor for details.
[Examples listed by categories only.]
Primitives
bar charts with primitives
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| bar1a.ncl | bar1b.ncl | bar1c.ncl | bar1d.ncl |
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| bar1e.ncl | bar1f.ncl | bar1g.ncl | bar1h.ncl |
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| bar1i.ncl | bar1j.ncl | bar1k.ncl |
color tables and named colors
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| color1.ncl | color2.ncl | color3.ncl | color4.ncl |
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| color5.ncl | color6.ncl | color7.ncl |
contouring
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| contour1a.ncl | contour1b.ncl | contour1c.ncl | contour1d.ncl |
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| contour1e.ncl |
contouring on non-rectangular grids
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| contour5a.ncl | contour5b.ncl | contour5c.ncl | contour5d.ncl |
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| contour5e.ncl |
contouring over cylindrical equidistant maps
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| contour2a.ncl | contour2b.ncl | contour2c.ncl | contour2d.ncl |
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| contour2e.ncl | contour4a.ncl | contour4b.ncl | contour4c.ncl |
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| contour4d.ncl |
contouring over lambert conformal maps
contouring over polar stereographic maps
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| contour8a.ncl | contour8b.ncl | contour8c.ncl | contour8d.ncl |
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| contour8e.ncl |
contouring with irregular coordinate arrays
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| irregular1a.ncl | irregular1b.ncl | irregular1c.ncl | irregular1d.ncl |
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| irregular1e.ncl | irregular1f.ncl | irregular1g.ncl | irregular1h.ncl |
contours and vectors over polar stereographic maps
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| contour3a.ncl | contour3b.ncl | contour3c.ncl | contour3d.ncl |
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| contour3e.ncl | contour3f.ncl | contour3g.ncl | contour3h.ncl |
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| contour3i.ncl | contour3j.ncl |
contours over contours over cylindrical equidistant maps
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| contour9a.ncl | contour9b.ncl | contour9c.ncl | contour9d.ncl |
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| contour9e.ncl | contour9f.ncl |
function codes
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| fcodes.ncl | heart.ncl |
maximizing plots in frame
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| max1a.ncl | max1b.ncl | max1c.ncl |
multiple plots on a page
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| panel1a.ncl | panel1b.ncl | panel1c.ncl | panel1d.ncl |
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| panel1e.ncl | panel1f.ncl | panel1g.ncl | panel1h.ncl |
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| panel1i.ncl | panel1j.ncl |
pressure/height plots
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| preshgt1a.ncl | preshgt1b.ncl | preshgt1c.ncl | preshgt1d.ncl |
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| preshgt1e.ncl |
streamlines and contours over maps
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| stream1a.ncl | stream1b.ncl | stream1c.ncl | stream1d.ncl |
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| stream1e.ncl | stream1f.ncl | stream1g.ncl | stream1h.ncl |
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| stream1i.ncl |
streamlines over maps
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| stream2a.ncl | stream2b.ncl | stream2c.ncl | stream2d.ncl |
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| stream2e.ncl | stream2f.ncl |
vectors over cylindrical equidistant maps
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| vector1a.ncl | vector1b.ncl | vector1c.ncl | vector1d.ncl |
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| vector1e.ncl | vector1f.ncl |
vectors over polar stereographic maps
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| vector2a.ncl | vector2b.ncl | vector2c.ncl | vector2d.ncl |
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| vector2e.ncl | vector2f.ncl | vector2g.ncl |
view port illustrations
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| vp1a.ncl
view.ncl | vp1b.ncl
view.ncl | vp1c.ncl
view.ncl |
xy plots
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| xy1a.ncl | xy1b.ncl | xy1c.ncl | xy1d.ncl |
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| xy1e.ncl | xy1f.ncl | xy1g.ncl | xy1h.ncl |
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| xy1i.ncl | xy2a.ncl | xy2b.ncl | xy2c.ncl |
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| xy2d.ncl | xy2e.ncl | xy2f.ncl | xy2g.ncl |
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| xy2h.ncl |
xy plots with multiple Y axes
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| xy4a.ncl | xy4b.ncl | xy4c.ncl | xy4d.ncl |
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| xy4e.ncl | xy5a.ncl | xy5b.ncl | xy5c.ncl |
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| xy5d.ncl | xy5e.ncl |