This table lists all of the available NCAR Graphics 4.1 examples, gives a brief description of what the example shows, and provides links to the example code, resource files, and more in-depth discussions.
The first column contains the name of the example. Click on this entry to link to the output graphic and a discussion about the example.
The second column contains the name of the resource file (if any) associated with the example. Click on this entry to view the resource file.
The third entry contains links to the C, NCL, and Fortran source codes for the example if they exist. Click on C, to view the C source code, NCL to view the NCL source script, or Fortran to view the FORTRAN source code.
You can use the ng4ex utility to copy, compile, and run any of these examples in your local directory.
| Name | Resource File | C/NCL/ Fortran | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ap01 | ap01.res | C/NCL/Fortran | App objects and resources. |
| basic01 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a simple plot using defaults. |
| basic02 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to set the size of a plot and how to draw multiple plots on a single frame. |
| basic03 | basic03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to set resources for a plot. |
| basic04 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw to different output devices (NCGM, file, X Window, etc.). |
| basic05 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to manipulate a colormap. |
| basic06 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to size and position objects. |
| basic07 | basic07.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to select a workstation device. |
| basic08 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw an object outside its viewport. |
| basic09 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to generate all the available fonts in NCAR Graphics |
| cn01 | cn01.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw a contour plot using default settings. |
| cn02 | cn02.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to set basic features of a ContourPlot object. |
| cn03 | cn03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to overlay a ContourPlot on a LogLinPlot. |
| cn04 | cn04.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to put multiple contour plots on a single frame. |
| cn05 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a map and contour overlay animation. |
| cn06 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create contour plots of NetCDF temperature data. |
| cn07 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create contour plots of NetCDF geo-potential height. |
| cn08 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw a ContourPlot animation of vertical temperature profile. |
| cn09 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw a ContourPlot of NetCDF surface pressure data. |
| cn10 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to refine a contour plot. |
| cn11 | cn11.res | C/Fortran | How to mix low level and high level utilities. |
| cn12 | cn12.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw filled contours over a map of Africa. |
| cn13 | cn13.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to do inverse map transformations. |
| cn14 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw wind speeds overlayed on a map. |
| cn15 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw contours and xy plots on the same frame. |
| cn16 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to combine vector fill contour plot, raster contour plot, and map plot on the same frame. |
| cn17 | cn17.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw a restricted contour plot over a satellite view projection. |
| lb01 | lb01.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a labelbar using default settings. |
| lb02 | lb02.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a labelbar with the default colormap. |
| lg01 | lg01.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a legend using defaults. |
| lg02 | lg02.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a legend and specify marker types. |
| lg03 | lg03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a legend and specify line types. |
| mp01 | mp01.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to use basic MapPlot capabilities. |
| mp02 | mp02.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to control individual map areas. |
| mp03 | mp03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to use masking with maps. |
| mp04 | mp04.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to add textual annotations to a map. |
| mp05 | mp05.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create the ten different map projections. |
| nm01 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to do simple natural neighbor linear interpolation. |
| nm02 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to do simple natural neighbor linear regridding. |
| nm03 | nm03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to retrieve aspects and slopes of an interpolation. |
| nm04 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to do simple 3D interpolation. |
| nm05 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to vary the exponent of the distances in a 2D interpolation. |
| nm06 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to do smoothing in a 2D interpolation. |
| nm07 | none | NCL | How to do 1D interpolation using splines under tension. |
| nm08 | none | NCL | How to do a 1D interpolation of a periodic function. |
| nm09 | none | NCL | How to do a 1D interpolation using a smoothing spline. |
| nm10 | none | NCL | How to do interpolation of parametric curve. |
| nm11 | none | NCL | How to do interpolation of closed parametric curve. |
| nm12 | none | NCL | How to do 2D interpolation of rectangular data. |
| nm13 | none | NCL | How to approximate a cubic spline for 1-D data. |
| nm14 | none | NCL | How to approximate function values using different weights. |
| nm15 | none | NCL | How to approximate a cubic spline for 1-D data. |
| nm16 | none | NCL | How to approximate a cubic spline for 2-D data. |
| nm17 | none | NCL | How to approximate a cubic spline for 3-D data. |
| nm18 | none | NCL | How to approximate a cubic spline for 3-D data. |
| nm19 | none | NCL | How to approximate a cubic spline surface for 2-D data. |
| pr01 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw basic primitives. |
| pr02 | pr02.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw basic primitives and change some of their attributes. |
| pr03 | pr03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw primitives in NDC space and do clipping. |
| pr04 | pr04.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw primitives overlayed on a MapPlot object. |
| pr05 | pr05.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw primitives into an IrregularPlot object. |
| st01 | st01.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a streamline plot with default settings. |
| st02 | st02.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create line-drawn streamline arrows. |
| st03 | st03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to overlay streamlines on a map projection. |
| st04 | st04.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to overlay streamlines of vector data over a map projection. |
| ti01 | ti01.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a main title with default settings. |
| ti02 | ti02.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a main title and X and Y axis titles with default settings. |
| ti03 | ti03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to set Title font, color, and size resources. |
| tm01 | tm01.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a TickMark object with default settings. |
| tm02 | tm02.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a TickMark object with bottom and left ticks turned on. |
| tm03 | tm03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to reverse and change TickMark style. |
| tx01 | tx01.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a TextItem object with default settings. |
| tx02 | tx02.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create text in a filled colored font with a bounding box. |
| tx03 | tx03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to set the text background fill color. |
| tx04 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to use function codes to set text characteristics. |
| tx05 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to text height and angles. |
| tx06 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to set text justification. |
| tx07 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to set text spacing and aspect ratio. |
| tx08 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a TextItem annotation. |
| vc01 | vc01.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a vector plot with default settings. |
| vc02 | vc02.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create line-drawn vector arrows |
| vc03 | vc03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to change the appearance of filled vector arrows. |
| vc04 | vc04.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to rotate a vector plot 90 degrees. |
| vc05 | vc05.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to overlay a vector plot on a map plot. |
| vc06 | vc06.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to use a scalar field to determine color of arrow fill. |
| vc07 | vc07.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to overlay vectors and contours on a MapPlot. |
| vc08 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to plot vectors and color them by wind speed. |
| vc09 | vc09.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to do a vector animation using vectors and color contours of wind, temperature, and pressure |
| xy01 | xy01.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create an XyPlot using default settings. |
| xy02 | xy02.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to set XyPlot resources using a resource file. |
| xy03 | xy03.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to set resources and axis coordinates. |
| xy04 | xy04.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create an XyPlot with multiple lines. |
| xy05 | xy05.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create an XyPlot with multiple lines using a CoordArrTable object. |
| xy06 | xy06.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to use multiple lines, external data, and legends. |
| xy07 | xy07.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a scattergram. |
| xy08 | xy08.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to use irregular points to set a plot transformation. |
| xy09 | xy09.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to set axis styles. |
| xy10 | xy10.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to overlay an XyPlot on a MapPlot. |
| xy11 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw an XyPlot in an X window and an NCGM file. |
| xy12 | none | C | How to incorporate the HLU library with your own X interface. |
| xy13 | xy13.res | C | How to interactively retrieve coordinate locations from a plot. |
| xy14 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to manipulate XyPlot data. |
| xy15 | xy15.res | C/NCL/Fortran | How to create a set of 4 'stacked' XyPlots. |
| xy16 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw three lines with different axes |
| xy17 | none | C/NCL/Fortran | How to draw three stacked plots sharing the same X axis |
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