.. _sphx_glr_examples_plotting:

.. _plotting_examples:

Plotting examples
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Plotting real world radar data with Py-ART.



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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which creates a RHI plot of a MDV file using a RadarDisplay object.">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_rhi_mdv.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create a RHI plot from a MDV file</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which creates a PPI plot of a MDV file using a RadarDisplay object.">

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  .. image:: /examples/plotting/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_ppi_mdv_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_ppi_mdv.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create a PPI plot from a MDV file</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which creates a PPI plot of a Cfradial file.">

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  .. image:: /examples/plotting/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_ppi_cfradial_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_ppi_cfradial.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create a PPI plot from a Cfradial file</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which creates a plot containing the first collected scan from a NEXRAD file.">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_nexrad_reflectivity.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create a plot of NEXRAD reflectivity</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which extracts a cross section at two azimuth angles from a volume of PPI scans and ...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_xsect.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Plot a cross section from  a PPI volume</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which creates a RHI plot of a CF/Radial file using a RadarDisplay object.">

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  .. image:: /examples/plotting/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_rhi_cfradial_singlescan_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_rhi_cfradial_singlescan.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create a multiple panel RHI plot from a CF/Radial file</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which creates a two panel RHI plot of a cfradial file.  The fields included in the t...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_rhi_two_panel.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create a two panel RHI plot</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which creates a plot containing multiple moments taken from a NEXRAD Archive file.">

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  .. image:: /examples/plotting/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_nexrad_multiple_moments_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_nexrad_multiple_moments.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create a plot of multiple moments from a NEXRAD file</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which creates a multiple panel RHI plot of a CF/Radial file using a RadarDisplay obj...">

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  .. image:: /examples/plotting/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_rhi_cfradial_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_rhi_cfradial.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create a multiple panel RHI plot from a CF/Radial file</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example that creates a 3 panel plot of a PPI, latitude slice, and longitude slice using xarr...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_three_panel_gridmapdisplay.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create a 3 panel plot using GridMapDisplay</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which creates a PPI plot of a file with a cartopy background and range rings">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_ppi_with_rings.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create a PPI plot on a cartopy map</div>
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_nexrad_image_muted_reflectivity.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create an image-muted reflectivity plot</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which creates an RHI plot of velocity using a RadarDisplay object and adding Reflect...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_rhi_data_overlay.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create an RHI plot with reflectivity contour lines from an MDV file</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This is an example of how to plot a cross section of your radar grid using the GridMapDisplay">

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  .. image:: /examples/plotting/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_cross_section_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_cross_section.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Plot a Cross Section from a Grid</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This is an example of how to modify a colobar within a Py-ART display object.">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_modify_colorbar.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Modify a Colorbar for your Plot</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="An example which creates an RHI plot of reflectivity using a RadarDisplay object and adding dif...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_rhi_contours_differential_reflectivity.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create an RHI plot with reflectivity contour lines from an MDV file</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This is an example of what colormaps are available in Py-ART, and how to add them to your own p...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_examples_plotting_plot_choose_a_colormap.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Choose a Colormap for your Plot</div>
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.. toctree::
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   /examples/plotting/plot_rhi_mdv
   /examples/plotting/plot_ppi_mdv
   /examples/plotting/plot_ppi_cfradial
   /examples/plotting/plot_nexrad_reflectivity
   /examples/plotting/plot_xsect
   /examples/plotting/plot_rhi_cfradial_singlescan
   /examples/plotting/plot_rhi_two_panel
   /examples/plotting/plot_nexrad_multiple_moments
   /examples/plotting/plot_rhi_cfradial
   /examples/plotting/plot_three_panel_gridmapdisplay
   /examples/plotting/plot_ppi_with_rings
   /examples/plotting/plot_nexrad_image_muted_reflectivity
   /examples/plotting/plot_rhi_data_overlay
   /examples/plotting/plot_cross_section
   /examples/plotting/plot_modify_colorbar
   /examples/plotting/plot_rhi_contours_differential_reflectivity
   /examples/plotting/plot_choose_a_colormap