Re: Map in Lambert-Conformal projection

From: Mateus Teixeira <mateus.teixeira_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Thu Feb 17 2011 - 10:59:18 MST

Dear Brownrigg and Kawazoe,

Thank you for the help!

Best regards,

Mateus

Em 17 de fevereiro de 2011 14:05, Rick Brownrigg <brownrig@ucar.edu>escreveu:

> Hi,
>
> I believe the issue is that Lambert-Conformal projections are parameterized
> by i) a central meridian, and ii) 2 standard parallels; the defaults are
> not appropriate for Brazil. I added these resources and got the attached
> plot:
>
> res@mpLambertParallel1F = -25.
> res@mpLambertParallel2F = -5.
> res@mpLambertMeridianF = -50
>
> Those values are just a guess at what might be appropriate/customary for
> Brazil; there's likely a set of conventions used for national mapping
> projects.
>
> Hope that helps....
> Rick
>
>
>
> On Feb 17, 2011, at 7:42 AM, Mateus Teixeira wrote:
>
> >
> > load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
> > load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
> >
> > begin
> > wks = gsn_open_wks("ps","dominios") ; Open a ps file
> >
> > res = True
> > res@gsnMaximize = True
> > res@pmTickMarkDisplayMode = "Always"
> > res@mpDataSetName = "Earth..4"
> > res@mpDataBaseVersion = "MediumRes"
> > res@mpOutlineOn = True
> > res@mpOutlineSpecifiers = (/"Brazil:states"/)
> > res@mpFillOn = False
> > res@mpProjection = "LambertConformal"
> > res@mpLimitMode = "LatLon"
> > res@mpMinLatF = -60.
> > res@mpMinLonF = -80.
> > res@mpMaxLatF = 0.
> > res@mpMaxLonF = -30.
> > res@mpGridAndLimbOn = True
> >
> > plot = gsn_csm_map(wks,res)
> >
> > end
>
>
>

-- 
Mateus da Silva Teixeira
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