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, defaultFontSize=None, figsize=None, dpi=None, lineWidth=1, lineColor='black', maxTitleLength=60)

Plots a data set as a longitude/latitude map.

Parameters

• config (mpas_tools.config.MpasConfigParser) – the configuration, containing a [plot] section with options that control plotting

• Lons (numpy.ndarray) – longitude and latitude arrays

• Lats (numpy.ndarray) – longitude and latitude arrays

• modelArray (numpy.ndarray) – model and observational or control run data sets

• refArray (numpy.ndarray) – 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

• defaultFontSize (int, optional) – the size of text other than the title

• 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)

• maxTitleLength (int, optional) – the maximum number of characters in the title, beyond which it is truncated with a trailing ellipsis