[gradsusr] Standard color bar for multiple plots

Muhammad Rahiz muhammad.rahiz at ouce.ox.ac.uk
Tue Dec 14 06:05:40 EST 2010


That is because your rgb is set to shades of green. Change the color 
scheme using the guide at the following website;
  http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html


-- 
Muhammad Rahiz
Researcher & DPhil Candidate (Climate Systems & Policy)
School of Geography & the Environment
University of Oxford

On Tue, 14 Dec 2010, saiguran loisulie wrote:

> When I do as shown below only one colour is displayed (green) covering the
> whole temperature range from 288 to 310.
> 
> The color is standard.
> 
> mycolors()
> 'set clevs 288 290 292 294 296 298 300 302 304 306 308 310'
> 'set ccols 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99'
> 
> 'd variable'
> 'draw title ...'
> 'quit'
> 
> function mycolors()
> 'set rgb 88 ...'
> 'set rgb 89 ...'
> 'set rgb 90 ...'
>  
> 
> Here is my script:
> 
> 'reinit'
> 'sdfopen ssnclimERA-interim10.nc'
> 'set lat -20 20'
> 'set lon 20 60'
> 'set mpdset mres'
> 'set gxout shaded'
> 'set t 1'
> 'run page q1'
> mycolors()
> 'set clevs 288 290 292 294 296 298 300 302 304 306 308 310'
> 'set ccols 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99'
> 'd t2m'
> 'd u10;v10'
> 'draw title DJF'
> 'run cbarn'
> 'set t 2'
> 'run page q2'
> mycolors()
> 'set clevs 288 290 292 294 296 298 300 302 304 306 308 310'
> 'set ccols 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99'
> 'd t2m'
> 'd u10;v10'
> 'draw title MAM'
> 'run cbarn'
> 'set t 3'
> 'run page q3'
> mycolors()
> 'set clevs 288 290 292 294 296 298 300 302 304 306 308 310'
> 'set ccols 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99'
> 'd t2m'
> 'd u10;v10'
> 'draw title JJA'
> 'run cbarn'
> 'set t 4'
> 'run page q4'
> mycolors()
> 'set clevs 288 290 292 294 296 298 300 302 304 306 308 310'
> 'set ccols 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99'
> 'd t2m'
> 'd u10;v10'
> 'draw title SON'
> 'run cbarn'
> 'print 2ssnclimERA-interim10.eps'
> #'!gv ssnclimERA-interim10.eps'
> 'quit'
> function mycolors()
> 'set rgb 88 1 115 103'
> 'set rgb 89 0 113 101'
> 'set rgb 90 0 111 99'
> 'set rgb 91 0 109 97'
> 'set rgb 92 0 107 95'
> 'set rgb 93 0 105 93'
> 'set rgb 94 0 103 91'
> 'set rgb 95 0 101 89'
> 'set rgb 96 0 99 87'
> 'set rgb 97 0 97 85'
> 'set rgb 98 0 95 83'
> 'set rgb 99 0 93 81'
> Saiguran Loisulie
> Climate Systems Analysis Group
> Environmental and Geographical Science Department
> University of Cape Town
> Private Bag X3
> Rondebosch
> 7701
> SOUTH AFRICA
> 
> CELL 0748 068 230
> 
> --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Muhammad Rahiz <muhammad.rahiz at ouce.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>       From: Muhammad Rahiz <muhammad.rahiz at ouce.ox.ac.uk>
>       Subject: Re: Standard color bar for multiple plots
>       To: "saiguran loisulie" <saiguranloi at yahoo.com>
>       Cc: "Muhammad Rahiz" <muhammad.rahiz at ouce.ox.ac.uk>,
>       "gradsusr at gradsusr.org" <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
>       Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 1:57 AM
>
>       Try the following;
>
>       mycolors()
>       'set clevs 288 290 292 294 296 298 300 302 304 306 308 310'
>       'set ccols 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98'
>
>       'd variable'
>       'draw title ...'
>       'quit'
>
>       function mycolors()
>       'set rgb 88 ...'
>       'set rgb 89 ...'
>       'set rgb 90 ...'
> 
> 
> 
> 
>
>       Muhammad Rahiz
>       Researcher & DPhil Candidate (Climate Systems & Policy)
>       School of Geography & the Environment
>       University of Oxford
>
>       On Tue, 14 Dec 2010, saiguran loisulie wrote:
>
>       > I changed it as shown below, but the output is still the same.
>       >
>       > #DEFINE THE COLORS HERE
>       > 'set rgb 88 1 115 103'
>       > 'set rgb 89 0 113 101'
>       > 'set rgb 90 0 111 99'
>       > 'set rgb 91 0 109 97'
>       > 'set rgb 92 0 107 95'
>       > 'set rgb 93 0 105 93'
>       > 'set rgb 94 0 103 91'
>       > 'set rgb 95 0 101 89'
>       > 'set rgb 96 0 99 87'
>       > 'set rgb 97 0 97 85'
>       > 'set rgb 98 0 95 83'
>       > #SET THE CONTOUR LEVELS.VALUES AT WHICH TO DRAW A CONTOUR
>       > 'set clevs 288 290 292 294 296 298 300 302 304 306 308 310'
>       > #ASSIGN THE CONTOUR A COLOR FOR THE LEVELS SET IN CLEVS
>       > 'set ccols 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98'
>       >
>       > Saiguran Loisulie
>       > Climate Systems Analysis Group
>       > Environmental and Geographical Science Department
>       > University of Cape Town
>       > Private Bag X3
>       > Rondebosch
>       > 7701
>       > SOUTH AFRICA
>       >
>       > CELL 0748 068 230
>       >
>       > --- On Tue, 12/14/10, Muhammad Rahiz
>       <muhammad.rahiz at ouce.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>       >
>       >       From: Muhammad Rahiz <muhammad.rahiz at ouce.ox.ac.uk>
>       >       Subject: Re: Standard color bar for multiple plots
>       >       To: "saiguran loisulie" <saiguranloi at yahoo.com>
>       >       Cc: "Muhammad Rahiz" <muhammad.rahiz at ouce.ox.ac.uk>,
>       >       "gradsusr at gradsusr.org" <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
>       >       Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 1:17 AM
>       >
>       >       Hi Saiguran,
>       >
>       >       If you set
>       >       'set ccols 0 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26'
>       >       you need to define the cols as follows;
>       >       'set rgb 16
>       >       'set rgb 17
>       >       'set rgb 18
>       >       'set rgb 19
>       >       'set rgb 20
>       >       'set rgb 21
>       >       'set rgb 22
>       >       'set rgb 23
>       >       'set rgb 24
>       >       'set rgb 25
>       >       'set rgb 26
>       >
>       >       You have set the rgb like so;
>       >
>       >       'set rgb 88 1 115 103'
>       >       'set rgb 89 0 113 101'
>       >       'set rgb 90 0 111 99'
>       >       'set rgb 91 0 109 97'
>       >
>       >       but they have not been defined in your original set
>       ccols
>       >
>       >       'set ccols 0 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26'
>       >
>       >       It should be something like
>       >
>       >       'set ccols 88 89 90 91 ....'
>       >
>       >       --
>       >       Muhammad Rahiz
>       >       Researcher & DPhil Candidate (Climate Systems & Policy)
>       >       School of Geography & the Environment
>       >       University of Oxford
>       >
>       >       On Tue, 14 Dec 2010, saiguran loisulie wrote:
>       >
>       >       > My script is attached
>       >       >
>       >       > Saiguran Loisulie
>       >       > Climate Systems Analysis Group
>       >       > Environmental and Geographical Science Department
>       >       > University of Cape Town
>       >       > Private Bag X3
>       >       > Rondebosch
>       >       > 7701
>       >       > SOUTH AFRICA
>       >       >
>       >       > CELL 0748 068 230
>       >       >
>       >       > --- On Mon, 12/13/10, Muhammad Rahiz
>       >       <muhammad.rahiz at ouce.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>       >       >
>       >       >       From: Muhammad Rahiz
>       <muhammad.rahiz at ouce.ox.ac.uk>
>       >       >       Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Standard color bar for
>       multiple
>       >       plots
>       >       >       To: "saiguranloi at yahoo.com"
>       <saiguranloi at yahoo.com>
>       >       >       Cc: "gradsusr at gradsusr.org"
>       <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
>       >       >       Date: Monday, December 13, 2010, 7:17 AM
>       >       >
>       >       >       Can you attach your script?
>       >       >
>       >       >       --
>       >       >       Muhammad Rahiz
>       >       >       Researcher & DPhil Candidate (Climate Systems &
>       Policy)
>       >       >       School of Geography & the Environment
>       >       >       University of Oxford
>       >       >
>       >       >       On Mon, 13 Dec 2010, saiguranloi at yahoo.com
>       wrote:
>       >       >
>       >       >       > I am plotting seasonal climatologies of air
>       >       temperature and I
>       >       >       need a standard color bar for all the four
>       plots.
>       >       >       > My contours range from 288 K to 310 K.
>       >       >       > I tried to set the rgb, clevs and ccols but it
>       is not
>       >       making
>       >       >       any difference from the default!
>       >       >       > Please help!
>       >       >       > Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from Zain
>       Tanzania
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       >
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