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how to adjust the centre point of a plot

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sd16121

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Dear Colleagues,

I have three domains for my research area, and I have two questions related to rainfall plots:

1. When I plot time series, contour and other plot types for it, which domain I need to use? What are the differences of the plots for domain 1, 2 and 3?
2. When I use domain 3 wrfout file to plot rainfall, the longitude and latitude seem not in the centre of my plot (ref_lat = 54.990311, ref_lon = -1.629891,). Could you please kindly point out my issues? I add the ncl code and figure below.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Many thanks.

Best wishes,
Stella
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;----------------------------------------------------------------------
; WRF_pcp_2.ncl
;
; Concepts illustrated:
; - Plotting WRF data
; - Overlaying WRF precipitation on terrain map using gsn_csm functions
; - Setting the correct WRF map projection using wrf_map_resources
; - Creating two contour plots with two sets of filled contours
; - Explicitly setting contour levels
; - Drawing fully transparent filled contours
; - Turning the tickmarks inward on the X and Y axes
; - Moving the contour informational label into the plot
; - Customizing the contour informational label
;----------------------------------------------------------------------
; This script shows how to plot WRF rain totals on a WRF terrain map,
; using transparency for all rain totals below a certain level.
;----------------------------------------------------------------------
; This script was contributed by Xiao-Ming Hu (xhu@ou.edu)
; Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
; University of Oklahoma
;----------------------------------------------------------------------
; These files are loaded by default in NCL V6.2.0 and newer
; load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
; load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
; load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl"

begin
idomain = 3 ; 3,3

;---Rain data
f0 = addfile("wrfout_d03_2019-06-11_00:00:00.nc","r")
Times = f0->Times
dims = dimsizes(Times)
RAINC = f0->RAINC(0,:,:)
RAINNC = f0->RAINNC(0,:,:)
RainTotal = RAINC:),:)

;---Terrain data
fmap = addfile("wrfout_d03_2019-06-11_00:00:00.nc","r")
HGT = fmap->HGT(0,:,:)
HGT =(/HGT/1000./)

;---Start the graphics
wks = gsn_open_wks("pdf" ,"WRF_pcp")

;---Set resources for terrain plot
res_ter = True ; plot mods desired

res_ter@gsnFrame = False
res_ter@gsnDraw = False

res_ter@cnFillOn = True ; color plot desired
res_ter@cnFillPalette = "gsltod" ; Select grayscale colormap
res_ter@cnLinesOn = False ; turn off contour lines
res_ter@cnLineLabelsOn = False ; turn off contour labels
res_ter@cnFillMode = "RasterFill"
res_ter@cnFillOpacityF = 1.
res_ter@lbLabelBarOn = False
res_ter@gsnRightString = ""

res_ter = wrf_map_resources(fmap, res_ter) ; set map resources to match those on WRF file

res_ter@tfDoNDCOverlay = True

res_ter@mpOutlineBoundarySets = "AllBoundaries"
res_ter@mpDataSetName = "Earth..4" ; Gives us provincial boundaries
res_ter@mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF = 1.5 ; thickness of map outlines
res_ter@mpProvincialLineThicknessF = 2.
res_ter@mpProvincialLineColor = "black"

res_ter@pmTickMarkDisplayMode = "Always" ; turn on nicer tickmarks
res_ter@tmXBLabelFontHeightF = 0.018
res_ter@tmYLLabelFontHeightF = 0.018
res_ter@tmYLLabelStride = 2 ; label every other tickmark
res_ter@tmXBLabelStride = 2

;---Point the tickmarks inward
res_ter@tmYRMajorOutwardLengthF = 0
res_ter@tmYLMajorOutwardLengthF = 0
res_ter@tmXBMajorOutwardLengthF = 0
res_ter@tmXBMinorOutwardLengthF = 0
res_ter@tmXTOn = True
res_ter@tmYROn = True
res_ter@tmYRLabelsOn = False
res_ter@tmXTLabelsOn = False

;---Set resources for rain total contour plot
res_tot = True
res_tot@gsnFrame = False
res_tot@gsnDraw = False

cmap := read_colormap_file("BlAqGrYeOrReVi200")
cmap(0,:) = (/0,0,0,0/) ; make first color fully transparent

res_tot@cnFillOn = True
res_tot@cnFillMode = "RasterFill"
res_tot@cnFillPalette = cmap
res_tot@cnLinesOn = False ; turn off contour lines
res_tot@cnLineLabelsOn = False ; turn off contour labels
res_tot@cnFillOpacityF = 1. ; .85

res_tot@tfDoNDCOverlay = True

res_tot@cnLevelSelectionMode = "ManualLevels"
res_tot@cnMaxLevelValF = 42
res_tot@cnMinLevelValF = 2
res_tot@cnLevelSpacingF = 4

res_tot@pmLabelBarHeightF = 0.08 ; Make labelbar less thick
res_tot@lbLabelFontHeightF = 0.014
res_tot@pmLabelBarOrthogonalPosF = -0.008

res_tot@cnInfoLabelOn = True
res_tot@cnInfoLabelString = "Min= $ZMN$ Max= $ZMX$"
res_tot@cnInfoLabelOrthogonalPosF = -0.104 ; move info label into plot

res_tot@tiMainFont = "Helvetica-bold"
res_tot@tiMainFontHeightF = 0.018
res_tot@gsnRightString = "RAIN, mm"
res_tot@gsnLeftString = ""

do ihour = 0, dims(0)-2
istart = ihour
iend = ihour+1

RainTotal = (/(f0->RAINC(iend,:,:) + f0->RAINNC(iend,:,:) - \
(f0->RAINC(istart,:,:) + f0->RAINNC(istart,:,:)))/1. /)

res_tot@tiMainString = "hourly RAINC+RAINNC " +chartostring(f0->Times(iend,:))
plot_terrain = gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,HGT,res_ter)
plot_raintot = gsn_csm_contour(wks,RainTotal,res_tot)

overlay(plot_terrain, plot_raintot)
draw(plot_terrain)
frame(wks)
end do ; ihour
end
 

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Dear Colleagues,

Anyone can help with this issue? Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Best wishes,
Stella
 
Dear Colleagues,

If there are anyone who could help with my question? Your help will be highly appreciated. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Best,
Stella
 
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