Orion Poplawski wrote:
> Jeff Whitaker wrote:
>> Orion Poplawski wrote:
>>> I've got a 2-D array of values that I'd like to plot onto a map with
>>> Basemap. The latitude and longitudes for each point are stored in
>>> their own 2-D array that matches that of the values. Can some one
>>> help with how to do this? Looks like basemap requires a square and
>>> uniform set of data to plot?
>>>
>> Orion: There's an example of this in the examples directory called
>> 'ccsm_popgrid.py'. Have a look at that, and if you have questions
>> let us know.
>>
>
>
> Actually, it looks like I may have been making things harder than I
> thought they would be. Is there any reason to believe that this isn't
> doing what it seems like it should? ccsm_popgrid.py seems much more
> complicated, and I'm don't really understand it yet.
>
> tpxyzo has data for 12 different altitudes, and I'm selecting one. It
> appears the x,y=m(lon,lat) is unneeded for cylindrical projections,
> but I've left it in here as a general case.
>
> --
> from matplotlib.toolkits.basemap import Basemap
> from pylab import *
>
> lat=load('lat.dat').reshape(270,90)
> lon=load('lon.dat').reshape(270,90)
> tpxyzo=load('tpxyzo.dat').reshape(12,270,90)
>
> m=Basemap(llcrnrlon=-80,llcrnrlat=-75,urcrnrlon=-40,urcrnrlat=-42,projection='cyl',resolution='l')
>
>
> m.drawcoastlines()
> x, y = m(lon,lat)
> m.contourf(x,y,tpxyzo[11,:,:],15)
> show()
> --
>
> The output is the attached image, which as you can see does not have a
> rectangular shape.
>
> Thanks!
>
Orion: If the image were rectangular on a cylindrical projection, then
you wouldn't need 2d arrays to describe the lats and lons of the grid.
Are you sure the image should be rectangular? What kind of a grid is it?
-Jeff
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