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20000209: Model grid point plots

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  • Subject: 20000209: Model grid point plots
  • Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 08:37:22 -0700
Greg,

You can use GDMAP, with the marker attributes set to the desired
style, color, etc, and COLORS=0 so that the data values aren't plotted.

An example of this for various grid projections is shown at:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/examples/models/grids/

Steve

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000, Greg Stossmeister wrote:

> Steve,
> 
>    Do you know of a utility that reads a model grid file and plots the
> grid points (with a plus or some other symbol) on a map background? I'm
> not aware of this being possible in gempak. What I want to do is to take
> the special ETA grid for Alaska that we are receiving via the ldm and
> plots the grid point locations to illustrate the coverage and grid point
> density for an upcoming meeting. I'd appreciate any help you could give
> me!
> 
> Thanks,
>    Greg 
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