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- type of visualisation (e.g. geographical map, cross section, vertical profile, tephigram)
- parameters specific to that plot type (e.g. geographical area, cross section line, min/max axes values)
- plot position within the page (several plots can share a page)
- how to overlay different data in the same plot (explored in Handling Time in Metview)
- plot decoration (e.g. draw a frame around the plot)
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The Thermo View icon is a plotting specification for Thermodynamic diagram plots from a suitable GRIB or BUFR data source. In such a diagram, temperature, humidity (represented by the dew point) and wind values are displayed with respect to pressure. Note that only the Tephigram diagram is currently available, although there exist other types of thermodynamic diagrams, such as Skew-T, Emagram and Stuve.
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