mpas_analysis.shared.plot.ticks.plot_xtick_format¶

mpas_analysis.shared.plot.ticks.plot_xtick_format(calendar, minDays, maxDays, maxXTicks, yearStride=None)[source]¶

Formats tick labels and positions along the x-axis for time series / index plots

Parameters:

calendar (str) – the calendar to use for formatting the time axis
minDays (float) – start time for labels
maxDays (float) – end time for labels
maxXTicks (int) – the maximum number of tick marks to display, used to sub-sample ticks if there are too many
yearStride (int, optional) – the number of years to skip over between ticks