[gradsusr] Good map projection for large areas

Jeff Duda jeffduda319 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 6 16:05:38 EDT 2016


Use 'set mpvals' to adjust the projection parameters. It works for lambert
projections even though the description doesn't mention it.

Jeff Duda

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Ivan Toman <ivtoman at inet.hr> wrote:

> Hello GrADS users,
>
>
> I would like to know is there a way to display map of large area without
> (too much) stretching of high latitudes? I attached example map with NMM
> domain, and GrADS stretches high latitudes using default projection so it
> doesn't look good at all.
>
> I need to add that I don't have good results with any projection described
> in http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/gradcomdsetmproj.html
>
> For example, 'set mproj lambert' actually do create more naturally looking
> map without distorting high latitudes, but for some reason does fill only
> center of image and leaves huge amount of white space around.
>
> What would be the best approach to this?
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Ivan Toman
>
>
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Jeff Duda
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University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
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