time axis control

[Sara Rauscher]

Hi Boyin,

Use set xlabs:

set xlabs JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | ..... | DEC

http://grads.iges.org/grads/gadoc/gradcomdsetxlabs.html

If time is on the yaxis, use set ylabs in the same manner.

sara

Boyin Huang wrote:

>Assuming I have climatological SST (from January to December), I want to
>plot a time series.
>
>I set "tdef 9999 Linear jan0000 1mon" in the .ctl file, the axis plotted
>is "JAN0 FEB0 ... DEC0". What I realy want is "Jan Feb ... Dec".
>
>If I set "tdef 12 Linear jan1999 1mon" in the .ctl file, the axis plotted
>is "JAN1999 FEB1999 ... DEC1999".
>
>How can I control the appearence of time axis, particularly get rid of
>the "year".
>
>Thanks
>
>

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