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Changing the Map Projection and Storing the Area

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Metview's default map projection is Cylindrical. However, meteorologists often use other projections when plotting data.

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Use the Zoom tools to enlarge the European area and use the Area tool to select a region over Europe. Click Ok to save your selection - your choices will now be updated in the Geographical View editor. Click Apply in the Geographical View editor to save everything. Plot your data in this view to confirm that the area and projection are as desired.Image Removed

Linking the Coastlines icon with the Geographical View Icon

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This says, "In the polar_europe view, plot data t1000". Your complete macro should look like this:

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Contour Shade

On

Contour Shade Method

Area Fill

Contour Shade Max Level Colour

Red

Contour Shade Min Level Colour

Blue

Contour Shade Colour Direction

Clockwise

Apply the changes, visualise the data icon again (visualise t1000.grb) again and drag the shade icon into the Display Window.

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