6.2.4. Map
6.2.4.1. Operation
- Operation name
Map
- Description
This Operation serves for plotting of maps (data of one time step or temporal mean).
- Utilised in
6.2.4.2. Options
- name
plot anomalies
- description
plots anomalies instead of absolute values
- settings
reference period (or region) for anomaly calculation
- name
multiple datasets
- description
plots multiple animated maps (data of different time steps) side by side or as transparent layers
- name
map settings
- description
settings for the map
- settings
legend, land contours, north arrow, grid, …
6.2.4.3. Input data
- name
longitude (lon, x)
- type
floating point number
- range
[-180.; +180.] respectively [0.; 360.]
- dimensionality
vector
- description
grid information on longitudes
- name
latitude (lat, y)
- type
floating point number
- range
[-90.; +90.]
- dimensionality
vector
- description
grid information on latitudes
- name
height (z)
- type
floating point number
- range
[-infinity; +infinity]
- dimensionality
vector
- description
grid information on height/depth
- name
variable(s)
- type
floating point number
- range
[-infinity; +infinity]
- dimensionality
cube or 4D
- description
values of (a) certain variable(s)
- name
time (steps)
- type
integer or double
- range
[0; +infinity]
- dimensionality
vector
- description
days/months since …
6.2.4.4. Output data
- name
map
- type
map
- description
displays one (multiple) map(s side by side) (see Options)
6.2.4.5. Parameters
- name
lon1, x1 (longitudinal position)
- type
floating point number
- valid values
[-180.; +180.] respectively [0.; 360.]
- default value
minimum longitude of input data
- description
longitudinal coordinate limiting rectangular area of interest
- name
lon2, x2 (longitudinal position)
- type
floating point number
- valid values
[-180.; +180.] resp. [0.; 360.]
- default value
maximum longitude of input data
- description
longitudinal coordinate limiting rectangular area of interest
- name
lat1, y1 (latitudinal position)
- type
floating point number
- valid values
[-90.; +90.]
- default value
minimum latitude of input data
- description
latitudinal coordinate limiting rectangular area of interest
- name
lat2, y2 (latitudinal position)
- type
floating point number
- valid values
[-90.; +90.]
- default value
maximum latitude of input data
- description
latitudinal coordinate limiting rectangular area of interest
- name
x-axis annotation/label
- type
character
- valid values
all
- default value
probability, time, name of variable, … (depends on type of plot)
- description
label for x-axis
- name
y-axis annotation/label
- type
character
- valid values
all
- default value
name of variable (depends on type of plot)
- description
label for y-axis
- name
heading annotation/label
- type
character
- valid values
all
- default value
name of variable (depends on type of plot)
- description
text for image heading