Side_VS_CW01

../../_images/Side_VS_CW01-Noneit2012_10_17_12_00_00vt2012_10_18_00_00_00.png

How to use this plot

Make sure you have the required datafields (air_pressure, air_temperature, cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer, eastward_wind, northward_wind)

You can use it as is by appending this code into your mswms_settings.py:

from mslib.mswms.mpl_vsec_styles import VS_CloudsWindStyle_01
register_vertical_layers = [] if not register_vertical_layers else register_vertical_layers
register_vertical_layers.append((VS_CloudsWindStyle_01, [next(iter(data))]))

If you want to modify the plot

  1. Download this file

  2. Put this file into your mswms_settings.py directory, e.g. ~/mss

  3. Append this code into your mswms_settings.py:

from Side_VS_CW01 import VS_CloudsWindStyle_01
register_vertical_layers = [] if not register_vertical_layers else register_vertical_layers
register_vertical_layers.append((VS_CloudsWindStyle_01, [next(iter(data))]))
Plot Code
"""
    This file is part of MSS.

    :copyright: Copyright 2021-2024 by the MSS team, see AUTHORS.
    :license: APACHE-2.0, see LICENSE for details.

    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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"""

import warnings
import matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator
from matplotlib import patheffects
import numpy as np
from mslib.mswms.mpl_vsec import AbstractVerticalSectionStyle
from mslib.mswms.utils import make_cbar_labels_readable
import mslib.mswms.generics as generics
from mslib.utils import thermolib
from mslib.utils.units import convert_to

class VS_CloudsWindStyle_01(AbstractVerticalSectionStyle):
    """
    Vertical section of cloud cover and horizontal wind speed.
    """

    name = "VS_CW01"
    title = "Cloud Cover (0-1) and Wind Speed (m/s) Vertical Section"
    abstract = "Cloud cover (0-1) with wind speed (m/s) and potential temperature (K)"

    # Variables with the highest number of dimensions first (otherwise
    # MFDatasetCommonDims will throw an exception)!
    required_datafields = [
        ("ml", "air_pressure", "Pa"),
        ("ml", "air_temperature", "K"),
        ("ml", "cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer", 'dimensionless'),
        ("ml", "eastward_wind", "m/s"),
        ("ml", "northward_wind", "m/s")]

    def _prepare_datafields(self):
        """
        Computes potential temperature from pressure and temperature and
        total horizontal wind speed.
        """
        self.data['air_potential_temperature'] = thermolib.pot_temp(
            self.data['air_pressure'], self.data['air_temperature'])
        self.data["horizontal_wind"] = np.hypot(
            self.data["eastward_wind"], self.data["northward_wind"])

    def _plot_style(self):
        """
        Make a cloud cover vertical section with wind speed and potential
        temperature overlay.
        """
        ax = self.ax
        curtain_p = self.data["air_pressure"]
        curtain_pt = self.data["air_potential_temperature"]
        curtain_cc = self.data["cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer"]
        curtain_v = self.data["horizontal_wind"]

        # Contour spacing for temperature lines.
        delta_pt = 5 if (np.log(self.p_bot) - np.log(self.p_top)) < 2.2 else 10

        wind_contours = np.arange(20, 70, 10)

        # Filled contour plot of cloud cover.
        cs = ax.contourf(self.horizontal_coordinate, curtain_p, curtain_cc,
                         np.arange(0.2, 1.1, 0.1), cmap=plt.cm.winter)

        # Contour line plot of wind speed.
        cs_t = ax.contour(self.horizontal_coordinate, curtain_p, curtain_v,
                          wind_contours, colors='red', linestyles='solid',
                          linewidths=2)  # gist_earth
        ax.clabel(cs_t, fontsize=12, fmt='%.0f')

        # Contour line plot of potential temperature.
        cs_pt = ax.contour(self.horizontal_coordinate, curtain_p, curtain_pt,
                           np.arange(200, 700, delta_pt), colors='0.40',
                           linestyles='solid', linewidths=1)
        ax.clabel(cs_pt, fontsize=12, fmt='%.0f')

        # Pressure decreases with index, i.e. orography is stored at the
        # zero-p-index (data field is flipped in mss_plot_driver.py if
        # pressure increases with index).
        self._latlon_logp_setup(orography=curtain_p[0, :])

        # Add colorbar.
        if not self.noframe:
            self.fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.08, right=0.95, top=0.9, bottom=0.14)
            cbar = self.fig.colorbar(cs, fraction=0.05, pad=0.01)
            cbar.set_label("Cloud cover (0-1)")
        else:
            axins1 = mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator.inset_axes(
                ax, width="1%", height="30%", loc=1)
            cbar = self.fig.colorbar(cs, cax=axins1, orientation="vertical")
            axins1.yaxis.set_ticks_position("left")
            make_cbar_labels_readable(self.fig, axins1)