Re: Increase longitude extent for Hovmoeller plot

Hi Dave,

Try this:
dat(:,{:lon1}) = dat@_FillValue
dat(:,{lon2:}) = dat@_FillValue
plot = gsn_csm_hov (wks, dat(:, {lon1-10:lon2+10}), res)

If that doesn't work or if I am misunderstanding your question let me
know...
Adam

Dave Allured wrote:
> Hello. I am using gsm_csm_hov to make Hovmoeller diagrams. When I want
> to plot only a portion of the longitude range in the data, I simply use
> coordinate subscripting, and the subset is correctly plotted in the full
> width of the diagram:
>
> plot = gsn_csm_hov (wks, dat(:, {lon1:lon2}), res)
>
> However, I would like to to the opposite, in a sense. I want the
> longitude range of my diagram to be *greater* than the available data,
> so that there are blank "all missing" areas to the right and left of the
> range of data. The purpose is matching scales between plots of diverse
> data sets.
>
> What is the best way to do this? Resources mpMinLonF and mpMaxLonF do
> not seem to be available for gsn_csm_hov.
>
> Thank you for any advice.
>
> --Dave A.
> CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center
> NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division
>
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