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

Mon Aug 29 14:37:23 EDT 2016

Dear Lyndon,

Thank you for sharing that link. Found it very useful. The . shx file is
attached. But now I couldn't see anything drawn after giving the command to
draw shapefile.

On 29 August 2016 at 12:44, Lyndon Mark Olaguera <
olagueralyndonmark429 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Correction *.shx
> On Aug 29, 2016 3:11 PM, "Lyndon Mark Olaguera" <
> olagueralyndonmark429 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Muhammad in,
>>
>> I forgot to tell you that the file with extension *.she is needed.Can you
>> send it? See this link for the required files h
>> ttp://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/shapefiles.html
>> On Aug 29, 2016 3:42 AM, "Muhammadhn Muhammadh Khalid" <
>> kmmuhammadh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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>>>>>>>>>> Jennifer Miletta Adams
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>>>>>>>>>> George Mason University
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> Muhammadh M Khalid
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> Muhammadh M Khalid
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>>>>> --
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Muhammadh M Khalid
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Regards,
Muhammadh M Khalid
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