Re: [ferret_users] [Ferret 5.70] Descriptor file

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,
Here's the result of Jimmy's conversation with Jaison about labeling 
time axes, to close off the thread. Thanks Jaison!

Ansley

jimmyc@iastate.edu wrote:
> Hi Jaison-
> I was just simply trying to remove the "label" from the 2nd line and 
> leave (in my case) hours labeled and not day.
>
> Thanks. The script solves my issue.
> I was doing this:
> ppl txtype days,hr
> ppl txlint 0,1
>
> instead of
> ppl txlint ,0
>
> In the end I just did this:
> cancel mode calendar
> define axis/t=0:12:.33/units=hours tax1
> define grid/t=tax1 tgrd1
>
> let var = IF blah[i=99:199,j=1,k=15,gt=tgrd1@asn] NE 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0.
> plot/nolabel var[gt=tgrd1@asn]
> Thanks again.
> jimmyc
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Jaison Kurian wrote:
>
> > Hi Jimmy,
> >           Can you explain your problem in detail ? I guess you
> > want to change the time axis type. Ferret does have only few
> > pre-defined time axis types. They are
> >
> > 1) Hour  & Days    (together or in seperate lines)
> > 2) Day   & Months  (   "                         )
> > 3) Month & Years   (   "                         )
> >
> > To choose any of these, you have to use the ppl command
> > TXTYPE,type,style as shown in the example below.
> >
> >
> > Copy and paste the script below to a jnl file and give try.
> > Sometimes, this example will solve your problem.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jaison
> >
> > !-------------------------------------------
> >   define axis/t=01-JAN-1992:31-MAR-1992:4/units=hours/\
> >                     t0="31-DEC-1991:00" time
> >   let var = SIN(t[gt=time]/100)
> >
> >   ppl txlsze 0.12,0.0
> >
> > ! days on first line and months on second line
> >
> >   plot/set var
> >      ppl txtype mon,day
> >   ppl plot
> >
> > ! same as above, but remove months from second line
> >
> >   pause
> >   plot/set var
> >      ppl txtype mon,day
> >      ppl txlint ,0      ! now the 1st argument to txlint is set to 
> > default
> >                         !   tune it if you want......
> >   ppl plot
> >
> > ! hours on first line and days on second line
> >
> >   pause
> >   plot/set/t=01-JAN-1992:05-JAN-1992 var
> >      ppl txtype days,hr
> >   ppl plot
> > !-------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 jimmyc@iastate.edu wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All-
> > > I am using a descriptor file so that I can plot time in hours as 
> > > opposed
> > > to model output times. When I issue the shade/nolabels command, 
> > > however,
> > > the month is used as a label. How can I avoid this?
> > > Thanks for suggestions.