[gradsusr] Help to draw the Domain area in the plot

Sun Aug 28 15:40:41 EDT 2016

Hi Lyndon,

You are really very much helpful. Thanks a lot. I have attached those files.

On 28 August 2016 at 11:21, Lyndon Mark Olaguera <
olagueralyndonmark429 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Muhammad,
>
> I also need the attribute files to test if your shapefile is working.
> These are the files with *.prj, *.dbf . These files are created together
> with the .shp.
> On Aug 28, 2016 5:59 AM, "Muhammadhn Muhammadh Khalid" <
> kmmuhammadh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I created my shape file using ArcGIS and when I was trying to open it as
>> you said I'm getting error message. It says my shape file can't e opened.
>> I have attached my shape file.
>>
>> On 22 August 2016 at 16:18, Lyndon Mark Olaguera <
>> olagueralyndonmark429 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Muhammadhn,
>>>
>>> One solution to your problem is to use shape files. I downloaded the
>>> shapefile of sri lanka from this site (administrative boundaries).
>>> http://www.diva-gis.org/datadown
>>>
>>> Use the *LKA_adm2.shp*
>>>
>>> So your commands would be
>>>
>>> sdfopen test_001_SRF.2005050100.nc
>>> set lat 7.28 7.8
>>> set lon 80 81
>>> set mpdraw off
>>> d ts
>>> draw shp LKA_adm2.shp
>>>
>>> One problem is that you only want the outline of a specific area. So I
>>> suggest that you edit the shapefiles.
>>> Crop the area that you want!. I am using QGIS to do this. See the
>>> following tutorial:
>>>
>>> http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/37226/how-to-crop-sha
>>> pefiles-in-qgis
>>>
>>> Once you cropped the shapefile, you can use the same commands above to
>>> upload the shape file.
>>>
>>> *Lyndon Mark P. Olaguera*
>>> Department of Physics
>>> Ateneo de Manila University
>>>
>>> Regional Climate Systems Group
>>> Manila Observatory
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Muhammadhn Muhammadh Khalid <
>>> kmmuhammadh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm using netcdf file. I have attached it.
>>>> I want to draw the area shown in red color, in the attached picture,
>>>> named Domain area, in the following image, similar to the the area drawn in
>>>> the picture named example. I mean only the out line of that area.
>>>> 
>>>>  image.png
>>>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5uOgEO-8RyyeFYyZWZqRFk0cDZFLVI2M0ktVDN2cjZta3FJ/view?usp=drive_web>
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>> On 22 August 2016 at 14:49, Lyndon Mark Olaguera <
>>>> olagueralyndonmark429 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Muhammadhn,
>>>>>
>>>>> What type of file are you plotting? Is it a netcdf file or a ctl file?
>>>>> Can you attach it here?
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you also resend the image?I cant see it in the email.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Lyndon Mark P. Olaguera*
>>>>> Department of Physics
>>>>> Ateneo de Manila University
>>>>>
>>>>> Regional Climate Systems Group
>>>>> Manila Observatory
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Muhammadhn Muhammadh Khalid <
>>>>> kmmuhammadh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What I need exactly is using the command draw map. I want to draw my
>>>>>> map on the plot. Can I get any help on how to do it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 20 August 2016 at 20:03, Jennifer M Adams <jadams21 at gmu.edu>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the Users Guide (http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/users.html),
>>>>>>> have a look at the section on Dimension Environment:
>>>>>>> http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/dimenv.html
>>>>>>> —Jennifer
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Aug 20, 2016, at 4:48 AM, Muhammadhn Muhammadh Khalid <
>>>>>>> kmmuhammadh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Andrew
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> First thing I need is drawing my domain area in that plot. Can you
>>>>>>> please say me how to do it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15 August 2016 at 23:32, Andrew Friedman <andfried at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Muhammadh,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To plot only over land areas you can use the GrADS function
>>>>>>>> ‘maskout’, along with a variable for the land-ocean mask:
>>>>>>>> http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/gradfuncmaskout.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Andrew
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> > On Aug 15, 2016, at 7:18 PM, Muhammadhn Muhammadh Khalid <
>>>>>>>> kmmuhammadh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > I'm using GrADS Version 2.0.1.
>>>>>>>> > I have plotted the precipitation in shaded plot over an area.
>>>>>>>> Following diagram is my plot.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > <image.png>
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Now I want my study area to be drawn and want my shaded plot to
>>>>>>>> appear only inside that area as shown in the following diagram, which I
>>>>>>>> found in a journal.
>>>>>>>> > <image.png>
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Any help toward doing this task is highly appreciated and looking
>>>>>>>> forward to hear from you soon.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > --
>>>>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>>>>> > Muhammadh M Khalid
>>>>>>>> >
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Muhammadh M Khalid
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>>>>>>> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
>>>>>>> George Mason University
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Muhammadh M Khalid
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Regards,
Muhammadh M Khalid
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