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
calendarstr

the calendar to use for formatting the time axis

minDaysfloat

start time for labels

maxDaysfloat

end time for labels

maxXTicksint

the maximum number of tick marks to display, used to sub-sample ticks if there are too many

yearStrideint, optional

the number of years to skip over between ticks