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<DIV>Thanks! Seems you can't automate the label interval, you just have to give</DIV>
<DIV>it the labels to write in. Oh well. Thanks for your help though.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sytske<BR><BR>>>> Mike Bosilovich <mike.bosilovich@GMAIL.COM> 7/3/2008 2:57 PM >>><BR><BR>Documentation may well be harder than writing the code :-) I always wrote skip off for the time purpose discussed earlier because the docs say x,y....<BR><BR>However, sounds like you want set xlabs in the docs<BR><BR>If you want a mean annual cycle (instead of the grads default)<BR><BR>set xlabs JAN | FEB | MAR ...<BR><BR>or diurnal cycle<BR><BR>set xlabs 00Z | 03Z | 06Z ....<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Sytske Kimball <<A href="mailto:skimball@usouthal.edu">skimball@usouthal.edu</A>> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Now I have a question: what if you want to plot the entire timeseries, but with a<BR>different increment displayed on the x (time) axis then the one grads picks? I normally<BR>use 'set xlint', but that didn't work for real dates (like in the exmaple below). A look in<BR>the grads documentation confirmed that 'set xlint' does not work for a date/time axis.<BR>Does anyone know what to do instead?<BR><BR>Thanks in advance,<BR>Sytske<BR><BR>Sytske Kimball<BR>Associate Professor of Meteorology<BR>Dept. of Earth Sciences<BR>University of South Alabama<BR>Mobile, AL<BR>phone (251) 460-7031<BR>fax (251) 460-7886<BR>email <A href="mailto:skimball@usouthal.edu">skimball@usouthal.edu</A><BR>>>> Stephen R McMillan <<A href="mailto:smcmillan@PLANALYTICS.COM">smcmillan@PLANALYTICS.COM</A>> 07/03/08 12:08 PM >>><BR>Herbert,<BR>You could also try using the "skip" command. Perhaps something like this<BR>will also work for you:<BR><BR>set time 00z01jun2007 00z01jul2007<BR>set missconn on (if connecting lines desired, as Mike suggested)<BR>d skip(air,4)<BR><BR>Above should display data only at 00z timesteps (assuming 4x daily as in<BR>your sample).<BR><BR>Stephen McMillan<BR><BR><BR><BR>Mike Bosilovich <<A href="mailto:mike.bosilovich@GMAIL.COM">mike.bosilovich@GMAIL.COM</A>><BR>Sent by: <A href="mailto:GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT">GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT</A><BR>07/03/2008 11:24 AM<BR>Please respond to<BR><A href="mailto:GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT">GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT</A><BR><BR><BR>To<BR><A href="mailto:GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT">GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT</A><BR>cc<BR><BR>Subject<BR>Re: skipping time<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>I came up with a way to do this. It is not elegant, but works, and I would<BR>be happy to see another option. The idea is to maskout all other times<BR>except the one you want to plot. However, grads won't let you take a<BR>single time variable, and expand that into a time series so that it can<BR>mask the other times. So, here goes, for 00Z:<BR><BR>set time 18Z1Jul2004 00Z2Jul2004<BR>define m1=1<BR>set time 00Z2Jul2004 06Z2Jul2004<BR>define m2=1<BR>set time 00Z2Jul2004 18Z2jul2004<BR>define m3=m2*m1 *m3=1 at 00Z2Jul, undef all others<BR>modify m3 diurnal * now m3=1 for all 00Z<BR><BR>set time 00Z1Jul2004 18Z31jul2004<BR>display var*m3<BR><BR>The display should have a time series of 00Z points. If you want those<BR>points connected then prior to display, set missconn on.<BR><BR>Hope it helps,<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR>On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Maat, Herbert ter <<A href="mailto:Herbert.termaat@wur.nl">Herbert.termaat@wur.nl</A>><BR>wrote:<BR>Dear GrADS-users,<BR><BR>I have a very simple question which is probably easy to answer as well.<BR><BR>I have temperature data in a timeseries of, let's say, 120 timesteps (30<BR>days times 4 points per day; 00z 06z 12z and 18z). Using GrADS I want to<BR>display a selection of this data, namely only temperature at 00Z and<BR>skipping the other timesteps, thus display times 1, 4, 9, and so on. Is<BR>there a simple statement to do this in GrADS or do I need to end up<BR>writing a script for this?<BR><BR>Kind regards,<BR>Herbert ter Maat<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>***************************************************<BR>The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or proprietary. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message.<BR>***************************************************<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>