hi Fan,
since NCL version 5.2.0, there's a function called time_axis_labels() that
can fulfill some of the requirements you've mentioned. However, it cannot
label the axis differently at different locations currently (for example, in
case you want starting of every year should have year label and other ticks
only month label, or something similar). You can have a look and see if this
routine helps you:
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/User_contributed/time_axis_labels.shtml
regards,
arindam
-- Arindam Chakraborty Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560 012, INDIA Tel: +91-80-22933074 Fax: +91-80-23600865 http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/arch ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Adam Phillips <asphilli@ucar.edu> To: ncl-talk@ucar.edu Sent: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:33:08 -0600 Subject: Re: labeling time axis > Hi Fan, > Sure. By setting tmXBMode = "Explicit", you can then set the number > of major tick marks (and their corresponding labels) via tmXBValues > and tmXBLabels. Once tmXBMode = "Explicit", you will also have to > set tmXBMinorValues, which defines where the minor tick marks are drawn. > > You can then use if statements to set up different scenarios.. > > http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/tm.shtml#tmXBMode > http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/tm.shtml#tmXBMinorValues > > The top x-axis tick marks will also be set to whatever you do with > the bottom x-axis tick marks automatically. Hope that helps! Adam > > On 09/21/2011 11:09 AM, Fan Fang wrote: > > We use x-y plot for plotting time series, and labels are usually in > > regular intervals. Wonder if there is any utility in either resources > > or functions that would enable us to put in labels following arbitrary > > requirements, such as: > > > > arbitrary given time labels at possibly irregular intervals > > show only major tick marks for years if time spans over 4 years > > show 4 minor tics only > > show months as minor tics and label months in English names > > > > Thanks. > > > > -Fan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ncl-talk mailing list > > List instructions, subscriber options, unsubscribe: > > http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/ncl-talk > > -- > ______________________________________________________________ > Adam Phillips asphilli@ucar.edu > NCAR/Climate and Global Dynamics Division (303) 497-1726 > P.O. Box 3000 > Boulder, CO 80307-3000 http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/asphilli > _______________________________________________ > ncl-talk mailing list > List instructions, subscriber options, unsubscribe: > http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/ncl-talk > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. ------- End of Original Message ------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ ncl-talk mailing list List instructions, subscriber options, unsubscribe: http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/ncl-talkReceived on Wed Sep 21 14:04:25 2011
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