polaris.viz.plot_global_lat_lon_field

polaris.viz.plot_global_lat_lon_field(lon, lat, data_array, out_filename, config, colormap_section, title=None, plot_land=True, colorbar_label=None)

Plots a data set as a longitude-latitude map

Parameters:

• lon (numpy.ndarray) – 1D longitude coordinate

• lat (numpy.ndarray) – 1D latitude coordinate

• data_array (numpy.ndarray) – 2D data array to plot

• out_filename (str) – The image file name to be written

• config (polaris.config.PolarisConfigParser) – The config options to use for colormap settings

• colormap_section (str) –

  The name of a section in the config options. Options must include:

  colormap_name

  The name of the colormap

  norm_type

  The norm: {‘symlog’, ‘log’, ‘linear’}

  norm_args

  A dict of arguments to pass to the norm

  It may also include:

  colorbar_ticks

  An array of values where ticks should be placed

• title (str, optional) – The subtitle of the plot

• plot_land (bool) – Whether to plot continents over the data

• colorbar_label (str, optional) – Label on the colorbar