Plot Layout

Sophisticated layouts are possible in Metview, with multiple plots on a single page as shown below:

Create a new Display Window icon and edit it.

Click on the Add new frame button to create the first frame. By default, this contains just a single plot scene which uses a Geographic View. Now select (left-click mouse) this plot scene and click Expand selected frames to make it fill the whole area.

Now divide it up into three areas as follows. Click Split selected frames, select 2x1 in order to obtain two vertically stacked frames and click OK. Select (left-click mouse) the lower frame, click Split selected frames and select 1x2.

Now we will give a different View to each scene. Drag a Cross Section View icon (either one you previously created or else a new one) into the top scene. Drag a Vertical Profile View icon into the bottom-left scene. Drag a Geographic View of your choice into the bottom-right scene. Your Display Window editor should look like this:

Apply your changes and Visualise this icon. Drag the t_fc96.grib icon into all three of the scenes in the Display Window. Now apply some Visdefs: drag shade icon into the cross section scene, and vdline into the vertical profile scene. Your result should look something like the plot at the start of this section.

If you look at the Frames and, more interestingly, the Layers tabs, you will see that they are linked to only one of these scenes at a time. Try using the Active scene control to change which on is used. You can also right-click on a scene and choose “Select as active scene” from the context menu.

Legend

Legends are an important part of any plot. If enabled, an automatic legend will be built from the data provided. To enable a legend you need to set parameter Legend to On, which is available in many Visual Definition icons (e.g.  Contouring, Graph Plotting and Wind Plotting).

Annotation View