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3.13.1.4 Combining Displays
Adding different displays to your WRF images.

Now that we have basic control over our display, let's add a color-shaded plan view to our contoured display. The following example code is based on the example from the previous section, but has been re-arranged for clarity. Note that we have given each DisplayControl object (dc_contour and dc_shade) a "ZPosition" to ensure that the contours are on top of the color shaded display.


 import java.awt.Color as Color 
#
# input options
#
filename = '../data/wrfprs_d01.057'
contour_variable = 'Pressure_reduced_to_MSL @ msl'
shade_variable = 'Temperature @ height_above_ground'
file_opener = 'file.grid'
#
# output options
#
display_contour = 'planviewcontour'
display_shade = 'planviewcolor'
image_dimensions = (800, 600)
output_name = 'twoDisplays.png'
#
# Generate the image
#
# setup the basic view of the IDV
#
setOffScreen(1)
idv.getStateManager().setViewSize(java.awt.Dimension(image_dimensions[0], image_dimensions[1]))
ctm = idv.getColorTableManager()
#
# get data
#
ds = makeDataSource(filename, file_opener)
contour_data = getData(ds.getName(), contour_variable)
shade_data = getData(ds.getName(), shade_variable)
#
# create colorshaded image
#
dc_shade = createDisplay(display_shade, shade_data)
# add label
label = shade_variable+' (%displayunit%)'
dc_shade.setDisplayListTemplate(label )
dc_shade.setDisplayListColor(Color.white)
dc_shade.setColorTable(ctm.getColorTable('PressureMSL'))
# add color scale
colorScaleInfo = dc_shade.getColorScaleInfo()
colorScaleInfo.setOrientation(colorScaleInfo.VERTICAL)
colorScaleInfo.setPlacement(colorScaleInfo.LEFT)
colorScaleInfo.setIsVisible(True)
dc_shade.setZPosition(0.)
pause()
#
# create contoured image
#
dc_contour = createDisplay(display_contour, contour_data)
dc_contour.setColorTable(ctm.getColorTable('White'))
# change unit
old_unit = dc_contour.getDisplayUnit()
dc_contour.setDisplayUnitName('mb')
new_range = dc_contour.convertColorRange(dc_contour.getRange(),old_unit)
dc_contour.setRange(new_range)
# create label
label = contour_variable+' (%displayunit%)'
dc_contour.setDisplayListTemplate(label+' - %timestamp%')
dc_contour.setDisplayListColor(Color.white)
dc_contour.displayableToFront()
dc_contour.setZPosition(1.)
# render and save image
pause()
image = getImage()
writeImage(output_name)



 


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