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| * Optionally reduce the number of PFTs before plotting | * Optionally reduce the number of PFTs before plotting | ||
| * Use ''matplotlib''+''cartopy'' to create the plot | * Use ''matplotlib''+''cartopy'' to create the plot | ||
| - | * Create two plots with a common colorbar | + | * Create two plots with a //PlateCarree// projection and a common colorbar |
| - | * Use a listed colormap (and the associated norm), and pcolormesh to plot the discrete PFT values | + | * Use an //A4 portrait// (''figsize=(8.3, 11.7)'') figure size and ''subplots_adjust'' in order to improve the page layout |
| + | * Use a //listed colormap// (and the associated //norm//), and ''pcolormesh'' to plot the discrete PFT values | ||
| + | * Use a trick to make sure that the black plot border is correctly plotted above everything (''top_plot.outline_patch.set_zorder(50)'') | ||
| ===== Megabiome maps ===== | ===== Megabiome maps ===== | ||
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| * Load the NetCDF model data with ''cdms2'', and the xlsx observations' data with ''pandas'' | * Load the NetCDF model data with ''cdms2'', and the xlsx observations' data with ''pandas'' | ||
| + | * Use ''matplotlib''+''cartopy'' to create the plot | ||
| + | * Create three plots on a 2x2 layout with an //Orthographic// projection (centered on Europe) and a common colorbar. Explicitly make the 4th plot //invisible// in order to make space for plotting the colorbar (''colorbar_plot.background_patch.set_visible(False)'' and ''colorbar_plot.outline_patch.set_visible(False)'') | ||
| + | * Use a square (''figsize=(8, 8)'') figure size in order to improve the page layout | ||
| + | * Use the same color scale for both the model data (plotted with ''pcolormesh'') and the observation data (plotted with ''scatter'') | ||
| + | * Use a common //listed colormap// to plot the discrete megabiome values (with a //norm// associated with the megabiome values) and the observations (with a **different //norm//** associated with the observations) | ||
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other/python/maps_by_jyp.txt · Last modified: 2021/08/03 12:01 by jypeter
