Re: [ferret_users] stippled to an extended area

[Paul Young <paul.j.young@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ansley,

Just to clarify, is your statement also true for adding country outlines? I guess that uses plot/vs, and I seem to remember having problems with getting all the countries included when my map ran 180W:180E....

Thanks,

Paul



On Mar 22, 2012, at 10:24 AM, Ansley Manke wrote:

> Hi Kelin
> (I am adding a cc to the Users List - you must have forgotten to send your question to the list address as well).
> 
> To ask for the PLOT/VS command to go beyond the x-values in the x variable, you need to add or subtract 360 from the x variable, depending on which direction it needs to be extended:
> 
> shade field[x=40e:400e]
> plot/over/nolab/vs/symbol=dot/color=black stiple_a,stiple_b
> plot/over/nolab/vs/symbol=dot/color=black stiple_a+360,stiple_b
> plot/over/nolab/vs/symbol=dot/color=black stiple_a-360,stiple_b
> 
> The modulo x axis of your variable "field" causes Ferret to automatically do a similar operation when it does the SHADE command, but PLOT/VS doesn't apply a modulo operation to the x values it plots.
> 
> Ansley
> 
> On 3/21/2012 3:43 PM, Kelin Zhuang wrote:
>> Dear Ansley and forum,
>> I have a question to ask: How to extend stippled mark? For example, if I plot in a ferret default sense,
>> shade field
>> plot/over/nolab/vs/symbol=dot/color=black stiple_a,stiple_b
>> then I got a normal stippling in the whole region but if I extend the display to, say, x=40e:400e, then
>> shade field[x=40e:400e]
>> plot/over/nolab/vs/hlimits=40e:400e:1/symbol=dot/color=black stiple_a,stiple_b
>> then I couldn't get what I want to get, i.e. no stippling west of 180E in the figure. No stippling in the Indian.
>> Would you kindly help me? I attached the netcdf and two figures.
>> Best,
>> Kelin