mpas_analysis.shared.plot.plot_global_comparison

mpas_analysis.shared.plot.plot_global_comparison(config, Lons, Lats, modelArray, refArray, diffArray, colorMapSectionName, fileout, title=None, modelTitle='Model', refTitle='Observations', diffTitle='Model-Observations', cbarlabel='units', titleFontSize=None, figsize=None, dpi=None, lineWidth=1, lineColor='black')[source]

Plots a data set as a longitude/latitude map.

Parameters

  • config (instance of ConfigParser) – the configuration, containing a [plot] section with options that control plotting

  • Lats (Lons,) – longitude and latitude arrays

  • refArray (modelArray,) – model and observational or control run data sets

  • diffArray (float array) – difference between modelArray and refArray

  • colorMapSectionName (str) – section name in config where color map info can be found.

  • fileout (str) – the file name to be written

  • title (str, optional) – the subtitle of the plot

  • modelTitle (str, optional) – title of the model panel

  • refTitle (str, optional) – title of the observations or control run panel

  • diffTitle (str, optional) – title of the difference (bias) panel

  • cbarlabel (str, optional) – label on the colorbar

  • titleFontSize (int, optional) – size of the title font

  • figsize (tuple of float, optional) – the size of the figure in inches

  • dpi (int, optional) – the number of dots per inch of the figure, taken from section plot option dpi in the config file by default

  • lineWidth (int, optional) – the line width of contour lines (if specified)

  • lineColor (str, optional) – the color of contour lines (if specified)