NhlPalGetDefined

Returns a list of available color maps.

Prototype

	function NhlPalGetDefined (
	)

	return_val [*] :  string

Description

The NhlPalGetDefined function returns a string array of color maps that are available to NCL. To see a graphical representation of the color maps that NCL provides, visit the "Color Tables" page.

By default, this function lists all the color maps that reside in the directory "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/colormaps". If you've set the NCARG_COLORMAPS environment variable, however, then this function will list the colormaps in the directory specified by $NCARG_COLORMAPS.

See Also

gsn_define_colormap, gsn_draw_colormap, NhlGetNamedColorIndex

Examples

Example 1

The following NCL script:

begin
  color_maps = NhlPalGetDefined()
  print(color_maps)
end

will return something like:

Variable: color_maps
Type: string
Total Size: 180 bytes
            45 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes:   [45]
Coordinates: 
(0)     default
(1)     cyclic
(2)     gscyclic
(3)     gsltod
(4)     gsdtol
(5)     uniform
(6)     temp1
(7)     psgcap
(8)     example
(9)     3gauss
(10)    3saw
(11)    BkBlAqGrYeOrReViWh200
(12)    BlAqGrYeOrRe
(13)    BlAqGrYeOrReVi200
(14)    BlGrYeOrReVi200
(15)    BlRe
 . 
 . 
 . 
(37)    tbr_240-300
(38)    tbr_stdev_0-30
(39)    tbr_var_0-500
(40)    testcmap
(41)    thelix
(42)    wh-bl-gr-ye-re
(43)    wxpEnIR
(44)    gui_default

Example 2

To draw all of the available color maps, use the NCL script below. Note that this script will produce 50+ frames, so it could take awhile to generate!

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"

begin
  wks = gsn_open_wks("x11","colormaps")

  names = NhlPalGetDefined()

  do i=0,dimsizes(names)-1
    gsn_define_colormap(wks,names(i))
    gsn_draw_colormap(wks)
  end do
end