Re: Axis label on contour plot using reshape function

[Jaison Kurian <jaison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Steve,
          I think your querry went unnoticed...anyway here is few
references to some old mails in the archive & a quick example,
for customorizing labels.

http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/Mail_Archives/fu_2003/msg01483.html
http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/Mail_Archives/fu_2003/msg00962.html
http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/Mail_Archives/fu_2003/msg01081.html

For details of commads like "label", "ppl xlab".. and qualifiers like
"title" please refer Ferret usermanual. 

Hope This Helps

With Regards 

Jaison 

!-------example.jnl----------------------------
! this example uses the navy wind dataset available with
! Ferret distribution

    set data monthly_navy_winds.cdf

    let u_box = uwnd[X=50E:100E@AVE,Y=-5:5@AVE] ! time series

    define axis/t=1982:1992:1/units=years tyr   ! 11 years
    define axis/z=1:12:1/units=months   zmon    ! 12 months

    let out_grid = z[gz=zmon] + t[gt=tyr]       ! dest. grid
    let u        = RESHAPE(u_box,out_grid)      ! 
 
! give proper title and units (if you want proper title at
!             default location)
  
    set var/title="Zonal Wind Speed - Av. over 50:100E & 5S:5N"/\
              units="m/s" u
    fill u
   
    message 

! to change title & axis labels on the fly
!
    fill/title="u (m/s)"/set u
    ppl xlab "Year"
    ppl ylab "Month"
    ppl fill

    message

! to get axis labels & title at desired locations
!     refer user manual for "label" command syntax

    fill/nolab u
    label 1981,6,0,90,0.15 MONTHS
    label 1987,-0.5,0,0,0.15 YEARS 
    label 1987,13,0,0,0.20 Aha My Wind (m/s)

!-----------end of example.jnl----------------------

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004, Steve Knox wrote:

> I'm using the reshape function and contour to plot months vs. years.
> The contour plot has y-axis label is "Z" and the x-axis is "T".
> I want to change the x and y axis labels from the defaults.
>  How can I do that?
> 
> set region/x=-136.0:-130.0/y=27.0:30.0
> use tmin
> DEFINE AXIS/T=1901:1910:1 tyear
> DEFINE AXIS/Z=1:12:1 zmonth
> LET out_grid = Z[GZ=zmonth]+T[GT=tyear]
> LET my_reshaped = RESHAPE(tmp[x=@ave,y=@ave,t=15-jan-1910:15-dec-1902], 
> out_grid)
> contour/fill  my_reshaped
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 

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