gcpy.plot

Module Contents

Functions

six_plot(subplot, all_zero, all_nan, plot_val, grid, ...)

Plotting function to be called from compare_single_level or

compare_single_level(refdata, refstr, devdata, devstr)

Create single-level 3x2 comparison map plots for variables common

compare_zonal_mean(refdata, refstr, devdata, devstr[, ...])

Create single-level 3x2 comparison zonal-mean plots for variables

normalize_colors(vmin, vmax[, is_difference, ...])

Normalizes a data range to the colormap range used by matplotlib

single_panel(plot_vals[, ax, plot_type, grid, ...])

Core plotting routine -- creates a single plot panel.

Attributes

_warning_format

_current_dir

_rgb_WhGrYlRd

WhGrYlRd

gcpy.plot._warning_format
gcpy.plot._current_dir
gcpy.plot._rgb_WhGrYlRd
gcpy.plot.WhGrYlRd
gcpy.plot.six_plot(subplot, all_zero, all_nan, plot_val, grid, ax, rowcol, title, comap, unit, extent, masked_data, other_all_nan, gridtype, vmins, vmaxs, use_cmap_RdBu, match_cbar, verbose, log_color_scale, pedge=np.full((1, 1), -1), pedge_ind=np.full((1, 1), -1), log_yaxis=False, xtick_positions=[], xticklabels=[], plot_type='single_level', ratio_log=False, proj=ccrs.PlateCarree(), ll_plot_func='imshow', **extra_plot_args)

Plotting function to be called from compare_single_level or compare_zonal_mean. Primarily exists to eliminate code redundancy in the prior listed functions and has not been tested separately.

Args:
subplot: str

Type of plot to create (ref, dev, absolute difference or fractional difference)

all_zero: bool

Set this flag to True if the data to be plotted consist only of zeros

all_nan: bool

Set this flag to True if the data to be plotted consist only of NaNs

plot_val: xarray DataArray

Single variable GEOS-Chem output values to plot

grid: dict

Dictionary mapping plot_val to plottable coordinates

ax: matplotlib axes

Axes object to plot information. Will create a new axes if none is passed.

rowcol: tuple

Subplot position in overall Figure

title: str

Title to print on axes

comap: matplotlib Colormap

Colormap for plotting data values

unit: str

Units of plotted data

extent: tuple (minlon, maxlon, minlat, maxlat)

Describes minimum and maximum latitude and longitude of input data

masked_data: numpy array

Masked area for cubed-sphere plotting

other_all_nan: bool

Set this flag to True if plotting ref/dev and the other of ref/dev is all nan

gridtype: str

“ll” for lat/lon or “cs” for cubed-sphere

vmins: list of float

list of length 3 of minimum ref value, dev value, and absdiff value

vmaxs: list of float

list of length 3 of maximum ref value, dev value, and absdiff value

use_cmap_RdBu: bool

Set this flag to True to use a blue-white-red colormap

match_cbar: bool

Set this flag to True if you are plotting with the same colorbar for ref and dev

verbose: bool

Set this flag to True to enable informative printout.

log_color_scale: bool

Set this flag to True to enable log-scale colormapping

Keyword Args (optional):
pedge: numpy array

Edge pressures of grid cells in data to be plotted Default value: np.full((1,1), -1)

pedge_ind: numpy array

Indices where edge pressure values are within a given pressure range Default value: np.full((1,1), -1)

log_yaxis: bool

Set this flag to True to enable log scaling of pressure in zonal mean plots Default value: False

xtick_positions: list of float

Locations of lat/lon or lon ticks on plot Default value: []

xticklabels: list of str

Labels for lat/lon ticks Default value: []

plot_type: str

Type of plot, either “single_level” or “zonal”mean” Default value: “single_level”

ratio_log: bool

Set this flag to True to enable log scaling for ratio plots Default value: False

proj: cartopy projection

Projection for plotting data Default value: ccrs.PlateCarree()

ll_plot_func: str

Function to use for lat/lon single level plotting with possible values ‘imshow’ and ‘pcolormesh’. imshow is much faster but is slightly displaced when plotting from dateline to dateline and/or pole to pole. Default value: ‘imshow’

extra_plot_args: various

Any extra keyword arguments are passed through the plotting functions to be used in calls to pcolormesh() (CS) or imshow() (Lat/Lon).

gcpy.plot.compare_single_level(refdata, refstr, devdata, devstr, varlist=None, ilev=0, itime=0, refmet=None, devmet=None, weightsdir='.', pdfname='', cmpres=None, match_cbar=True, normalize_by_area=False, enforce_units=True, convert_to_ugm3=False, flip_ref=False, flip_dev=False, use_cmap_RdBu=False, verbose=False, log_color_scale=False, extra_title_txt=None, extent=[-1000, -1000, -1000, -1000], n_job=-1, sigdiff_list=[], second_ref=None, second_dev=None, spcdb_dir=os.path.dirname(__file__), sg_ref_path='', sg_dev_path='', ll_plot_func='imshow', **extra_plot_args)

Create single-level 3x2 comparison map plots for variables common in two xarray Datasets. Optionally save to PDF.

Args:
refdata: xarray dataset

Dataset used as reference in comparison

refstr: str OR list of str

String description for reference data to be used in plots OR list containing [ref1str, ref2str] for diff-of-diffs plots

devdata: xarray dataset

Dataset used as development in comparison

devstr: str OR list of str

String description for development data to be used in plots OR list containing [dev1str, dev2str] for diff-of-diffs plots

Keyword Args (optional):
varlist: list of strings

List of xarray dataset variable names to make plots for Default value: None (will compare all common variables)

ilev: integer

Dataset level dimension index using 0-based system. Indexing is ambiguous when plotting differing vertical grids Default value: 0

itime: integer

Dataset time dimension index using 0-based system Default value: 0

refmet: xarray dataset

Dataset containing ref meteorology Default value: None

devmet: xarray dataset

Dataset containing dev meteorology Default value: None

weightsdir: str

Directory path for storing regridding weights Default value: None (will create/store weights in current directory)

pdfname: str

File path to save plots as PDF Default value: Empty string (will not create PDF)

cmpres: str

String description of grid resolution at which to compare datasets Default value: None (will compare at highest resolution of ref and dev)

match_cbar: bool

Set this flag to True if you wish to use the same colorbar bounds for the Ref and Dev plots. Default value: True

normalize_by_area: bool

Set this flag to True if you wish to normalize the Ref and Dev raw data by grid area. Input ref and dev datasets must include AREA variable in m2 if normalizing by area. Default value: False

enforce_units: bool

Set this flag to True to force an error if Ref and Dev variables have different units. Default value: True

convert_to_ugm3: bool

Whether to convert data units to ug/m3 for plotting. Default value: False

flip_ref: bool

Set this flag to True to flip the vertical dimension of 3D variables in the Ref dataset. Default value: False

flip_dev: bool

Set this flag to True to flip the vertical dimension of 3D variables in the Dev dataset. Default value: False

use_cmap_RdBu: bool

Set this flag to True to use a blue-white-red colormap for plotting the raw data in both the Ref and Dev datasets. Default value: False

verbose: bool

Set this flag to True to enable informative printout. Default value: False

log_color_scale: bool

Set this flag to True to plot data (not diffs) on a log color scale. Default value: False

extra_title_txt: str

Specifies extra text (e.g. a date string such as “Jan2016”) for the top-of-plot title. Default value: None

extent: list

Defines the extent of the region to be plotted in form [minlon, maxlon, minlat, maxlat]. Default value plots extent of input grids. Default value: [-1000, -1000, -1000, -1000]

n_job: int

Defines the number of simultaneous workers for parallel plotting. Set to 1 to disable parallel plotting. Value of -1 allows the application to decide. Default value: -1

sigdiff_list: list of str

Returns a list of all quantities having significant differences (where |max(fractional difference)| > 0.1). Default value: []

second_ref: xarray Dataset

A dataset of the same model type / grid as refdata, to be used in diff-of-diffs plotting. Default value: None

second_dev: xarray Dataset

A dataset of the same model type / grid as devdata, to be used in diff-of-diffs plotting. Default value: None

spcdb_dir: str

Directory containing species_database.yml file. Default value: Path of GCPy code repository

sg_ref_path: str

Path to NetCDF file containing stretched-grid info (in attributes) for the ref dataset Default value: ‘’ (will not be read in)

sg_dev_path: str

Path to NetCDF file containing stretched-grid info (in attributes) for the dev dataset Default value: ‘’ (will not be read in)

ll_plot_func: str

Function to use for lat/lon single level plotting with possible values ‘imshow’ and ‘pcolormesh’. imshow is much faster but is slightly displaced when plotting from dateline to dateline and/or pole to pole. Default value: ‘imshow’

extra_plot_args: various

Any extra keyword arguments are passed through the plotting functions to be used in calls to pcolormesh() (CS) or imshow() (Lat/Lon).

gcpy.plot.compare_zonal_mean(refdata, refstr, devdata, devstr, varlist=None, itime=0, refmet=None, devmet=None, weightsdir='.', pdfname='', cmpres=None, match_cbar=True, pres_range=[0, 2000], normalize_by_area=False, enforce_units=True, convert_to_ugm3=False, flip_ref=False, flip_dev=False, use_cmap_RdBu=False, verbose=False, log_color_scale=False, log_yaxis=False, extra_title_txt=None, n_job=-1, sigdiff_list=[], second_ref=None, second_dev=None, spcdb_dir=os.path.dirname(__file__), sg_ref_path='', sg_dev_path='', ref_vert_params=[[], []], dev_vert_params=[[], []], **extra_plot_args)

Create single-level 3x2 comparison zonal-mean plots for variables common in two xarray Daatasets. Optionally save to PDF.

Args:
refdata: xarray dataset

Dataset used as reference in comparison

refstr: str OR list of str

String description for reference data to be used in plots OR list containing [ref1str, ref2str] for diff-of-diffs plots

devdata: xarray dataset

Dataset used as development in comparison

devstr: str OR list of str

String description for development data to be used in plots OR list containing [dev1str, dev2str] for diff-of-diffs plots

Keyword Args (optional):
varlist: list of strings

List of xarray dataset variable names to make plots for Default value: None (will compare all common 3D variables)

itime: integer

Dataset time dimension index using 0-based system Default value: 0

refmet: xarray dataset

Dataset containing ref meteorology Default value: None

devmet: xarray dataset

Dataset containing dev meteorology Default value: None

weightsdir: str

Directory path for storing regridding weights Default value: None (will create/store weights in current directory)

pdfname: str

File path to save plots as PDF Default value: Empty string (will not create PDF)

cmpres: str

String description of grid resolution at which to compare datasets Default value: None (will compare at highest resolution of Ref and Dev)

match_cbar: bool

Set this flag to True to use same the colorbar bounds for both Ref and Dev plots. Default value: True

pres_range: list of two integers

Pressure range of levels to plot [hPa]. The vertical axis will span the outer pressure edges of levels that contain pres_range endpoints. Default value: [0,2000]

normalize_by_area: bool

Set this flag to True to to normalize raw data in both Ref and Dev datasets by grid area. Input ref and dev datasets must include AREA variable in m2 if normalizing by area. Default value: False

enforce_units: bool

Set this flag to True force an error if the variables in the Ref and Dev datasets have different units. Default value: True

convert_to_ugm3: str

Whether to convert data units to ug/m3 for plotting. Default value: False

flip_ref: bool

Set this flag to True to flip the vertical dimension of 3D variables in the Ref dataset. Default value: False

flip_dev: bool

Set this flag to True to flip the vertical dimension of 3D variables in the Dev dataset. Default value: False

use_cmap_RdBu: bool

Set this flag to True to use a blue-white-red colormap for plotting raw reference and development datasets. Default value: False

verbose: logical

Set this flag to True to enable informative printout. Default value: False

log_color_scale: bool

Set this flag to True to enable plotting data (not diffs) on a log color scale. Default value: False

log_yaxis: bool

Set this flag to True if you wish to create zonal mean plots with a log-pressure Y-axis. Default value: False

extra_title_txt: str

Specifies extra text (e.g. a date string such as “Jan2016”) for the top-of-plot title. Default value: None

n_job: int

Defines the number of simultaneous workers for parallel plotting. Set to 1 to disable parallel plotting. Value of -1 allows the application to decide. Default value: -1

sigdiff_list: list of str

Returns a list of all quantities having significant differences (where |max(fractional difference)| > 0.1). Default value: []

second_ref: xarray Dataset

A dataset of the same model type / grid as refdata, to be used in diff-of-diffs plotting. Default value: None

second_dev: xarray Dataset

A dataset of the same model type / grid as devdata, to be used in diff-of-diffs plotting. Default value: None

spcdb_dir: str

Directory containing species_database.yml file. Default value: Path of GCPy code repository

sg_ref_path: str

Path to NetCDF file containing stretched-grid info (in attributes) for the ref dataset Default value: ‘’ (will not be read in)

sg_dev_path: str

Path to NetCDF file containing stretched-grid info (in attributes) for the dev dataset Default value: ‘’ (will not be read in)

ref_vert_params: list(AP, BP) of list-like types

Hybrid grid parameter A in hPa and B (unitless). Needed if ref grid is not 47 or 72 levels. Default value: [[], []]

dev_vert_params: list(AP, BP) of list-like types

Hybrid grid parameter A in hPa and B (unitless). Needed if dev grid is not 47 or 72 levels. Default value: [[], []]

extra_plot_args: various

Any extra keyword arguments are passed through the plotting functions to be used in calls to pcolormesh() (CS) or imshow() (Lat/Lon).

gcpy.plot.normalize_colors(vmin, vmax, is_difference=False, log_color_scale=False, ratio_log=False)

Normalizes a data range to the colormap range used by matplotlib functions. For log-color scales, special handling is done to prevent taking the log of data that is all zeroes.

Args:
vmin: float

Minimum value of the data range.

vmax: float

Maximum value of the data range.

Keyword Args (optional):
is_difference: bool

Set this switch to denote that we are using a difference color scale (i.e. with zero in the middle of the range). Default value: False

log_color_scale: bool

Logical flag to denote that we are using a logarithmic color scale instead of a linear color scale. Default value: False

Returns:
norm: matplotlib Norm

The normalized matplotlib color range, stored in a matplotlib Norm object.

Remarks:

For log color scales, we will use a range of 3 orders of magnitude (i.e. from vmax/1e3 to vmax).

gcpy.plot.single_panel(plot_vals, ax=None, plot_type='single_level', grid={}, gridtype='', title='fill', comap=WhGrYlRd, norm=[], unit='', extent=(None, None, None, None), masked_data=None, use_cmap_RdBu=False, log_color_scale=False, add_cb=True, pres_range=[0, 2000], pedge=np.full((1, 1), -1), pedge_ind=np.full((1, 1), -1), log_yaxis=False, xtick_positions=[], xticklabels=[], proj=ccrs.PlateCarree(), sg_path='', ll_plot_func='imshow', vert_params=[[], []], pdfname='', weightsdir='.', vmin=None, vmax=None, return_list_of_plots=False, **extra_plot_args)

Core plotting routine – creates a single plot panel.

Args:
plot_vals: xarray DataArray or numpy array

Single data variable GEOS-Chem output to plot

Keyword Args (Optional):
ax: matplotlib axes

Axes object to plot information Default value: None (Will create a new axes)

plot_type: str

Either “single_level” or “zonal_mean” Default value: “single_level”

grid: dict

Dictionary mapping plot_vals to plottable coordinates Default value: {} (will attempt to read grid from plot_vals)

gridtype: str

“ll” for lat/lon or “cs” for cubed-sphere Default value: “” (will automatically determine from grid)

title: str

Title to put at top of plot Default value: “fill” (will use name attribute of plot_vals if available)

comap: matplotlib Colormap

Colormap for plotting data values Default value: WhGrYlRd

norm: list

List with range [0..1] normalizing color range for matplotlib methods Default value: [] (will determine from plot_vals)

unit: str

Units of plotted data Default value: “” (will use units attribute of plot_vals if available)

extent: tuple (minlon, maxlon, minlat, maxlat)

Describes minimum and maximum latitude and longitude of input data Default value: (None, None, None, None) (Will use full extent of plot_vals if plot is single level.

masked_data: numpy array

Masked area for avoiding near-dateline cubed-sphere plotting issues Default value: None (will attempt to determine from plot_vals)

use_cmap_RdBu: bool

Set this flag to True to use a blue-white-red colormap Default value: False

log_color_scale: bool

Set this flag to True to use a log-scale colormap Default value: False

add_cb: bool

Set this flag to True to add a colorbar to the plot Default value: True

pres_range: list(int)

Range from minimum to maximum pressure for zonal mean plotting Default value: [0, 2000] (will plot entire atmosphere)

pedge: numpy array

Edge pressures of vertical grid cells in plot_vals for zonal mean plotting Default value: np.full((1, 1), -1) (will determine automatically)

pedge_ind: numpy array

Index of edge pressure values within pressure range in plot_vals for zonal mean plotting Default value: np.full((1, 1), -1) (will determine automatically)

log_yaxis: bool

Set this flag to True to enable log scaling of pressure in zonal mean plots Default value: False

xtick_positions: list(float)

Locations of lat/lon or lon ticks on plot Default value: [] (will place automatically for zonal mean plots)

xticklabels: list(str)

Labels for lat/lon ticks Default value: [] (will determine automatically from xtick_positions)

proj: cartopy projection

Projection for plotting data Default value: ccrs.PlateCarree()

sg_path: str

Path to NetCDF file containing stretched-grid info (in attributes) for plot_vals Default value: ‘’ (will not be read in)

ll_plot_func: str

Function to use for lat/lon single level plotting with possible values ‘imshow’ and ‘pcolormesh’. imshow is much faster but is slightly displaced when plotting from dateline to dateline and/or pole to pole. Default value: ‘imshow’

vert_params: list(AP, BP) of list-like types

Hybrid grid parameter A in hPa and B (unitless). Needed if grid is not 47 or 72 levels. Default value: [[], []]

pdfname: str

File path to save plots as PDF Default value: “” (will not create PDF)

weightsdir: str

Directory path for storing regridding weights Default value: “.” (will store regridding files in current directory) Default value: “” (will not create PDF)

vmin: float

minimum for colorbars Default value: None (will use plot value minimum)

vmax: float

maximum for colorbars Default value: None (will use plot value maximum)

return_list_of_plots: bool

Return plots as a list. This is helpful if you are using a cubedsphere grid and would like access to all 6 plots Default value: False

extra_plot_args: various

Any extra keyword arguments are passed to calls to pcolormesh() (CS) or imshow() (Lat/Lon).

Returns:
plot: matplotlib plot

Plot object created from input