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# Metview Macro
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# Tags: GRIB,Layout,Filter,Compute
# Title: Layoutx3
# Description: Demonstrates how to use a Display Window icon to
# produce a plot with 3 maps consisting of a) a 24h
# forecast, b) a 96h forecast and c) their difference
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# read the GRIB data from file
t_fc24 = read(source: "t_fc24.grib", levelist: 850) # filter just the 850hPa level
t_fc96 = read(source: "t_fc96.grib", levelist: 850) # filter just the 850hPa level
# we will use the same view in all the plots, but we could also use different
# views for each plot
view = geoview(
map_area_definition : "corners",
area : [23.7,-31.6,83.0,89.6] # rough European area
)
# each page in the layout contains its position plus its view specification
# (could also be a Cross Section View, for example). Defaults are:
# top:0, bottom:100, left:0, right:100 in percent of layout height and width
page_24 = plot_page(
bottom : 45,
right : 50,
view : view
)
page_96 = plot_page(
bottom : 45,
left : 50,
view : view
)
page_diff = plot_page(
top : 50,
left : 11,
view : view
)
# contouring specifications
t_shade = mcont(
contour : "off",
contour_hilo : "off",
contour_label : "off",
contour_level_selection_type : "interval",
contour_interval : 4,
contour_shade : "on",
contour_shade_min_level : -52,
contour_shade_max_level : 48,
contour_shade_method : "area_fill",
contour_shade_colour_method : "list",
contour_shade_colour_list : ["rgb(0.88,0.2,0.88)", "rgb(0.68,0.2,0.68)", "rgb(0.48,0.2,0.48)",
"rgb(0.28,0.2,0.28)", "rgb(0.2,0,0.4)", "rgb(0.35,0,0.5)",
"blue_purple", "greenish_blue", "rgb(0,0.8,1.0)", "blue_green",
"bluish_green", "yellow_green", "greenish_yellow", "rgb(1,1,0.5)",
"yellow", "orange_yellow", "yellowish_orange", "rgb(1,0.45,0)",
"red", "rgb(0.8,0,0)", "burgundy", "rose", "magenta",
"rgb(1,0.5,1)", "rgb(1,0.75,1)"]
)
pos_shade = mcont(
legend : "on",
contour_line_colour : "grey",
contour_highlight : "off",
contour_level_selection_type : "level_list",
contour_level_list : [0.5,1,2,4,10,20],
contour_shade : "on",
contour_shade_method : "area_fill",
contour_shade_max_level_colour : "red",
contour_shade_min_level_colour : "orange_yellow",
contour_shade_colour_direction : "clockwise"
)
neg_shade = mcont(
legend : "on",
contour_line_colour : "grey",
contour_highlight : "off",
contour_level_selection_type : "level_list",
contour_level_list : [-20,-10,-4,-2,-1,-0.5],
contour_shade : "on",
contour_shade_method : "area_fill",
contour_shade_max_level_colour : "greenish_yellow",
contour_shade_min_level_colour : "blue",
contour_shade_colour_direction : "clockwise"
)
# when we have multiple pages in a layout, the default titles can be a bit too long
# for the available space; hence we will construct shorter titles, using automated
# fields as far as possible. We could also use Metview's own date/string formatting
# routines to construct 'nicer' dates in the titles
title_fc = mtext(text_line_1: "<grib_info key='name'/> at <grib_info key='level'/> hPa: "
& "<grib_info key='dataDate'/> + <grib_info key='step'/>"
& " VT: <grib_info key='validityDate'/>",
text_font_size : 0.45)
title_diff = mtext(text_line_1: "Difference: FC96 - FC24",
text_font_size : 0.45)
dw = plot_superpage(
# the order of these pages is used when indexing them in the plot() command
pages : [page_24, page_96, page_diff]
)
# Define the output media
to_psfile = ps_output
(
output_name : "plot" # extension is added automatically
)
# Check the runmode and decide which media to putput the plot to
mode = runmode()
if mode = "execute" or mode = "batch" then
setoutput(to_psfile)
end if
# plot the data into the Cross Section view with visdefs for styling
plot(dw[1], t_fc24, t_shade, title_fc)
plot(dw[2], t_fc96, t_shade, title_fc)
plot(dw[3], t_fc96 - t_fc24, neg_shade, pos_shade, title_diff)