.. DO NOT EDIT.
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.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "source/auto_examples/plotting/plot_xsection.py"
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.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_source_auto_examples_plotting_plot_xsection.py>`
        to download the full example code.

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_source_auto_examples_plotting_plot_xsection.py:


Multidimensional cross sections
-------------------------------

In this example, the VISST data are used to
plot up cross-sectional slices through the
multi-dimensional dataset

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 9-65



.. image-sg:: /source/auto_examples/plotting/images/sphx_glr_plot_xsection_001.png
   :alt: Infrared temperature average, Infrared temperature average, Infrared temperature average, Infrared temperature average
   :srcset: /source/auto_examples/plotting/images/sphx_glr_plot_xsection_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img


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 .. code-block:: none

    /home/runner/work/ACT/ACT/act/plotting/plot.py:81: UserWarning: Could not discern datastreamname and dict or tuple were not provided. Using defaultname of act_datastream!
      warnings.warn(






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.. code-block:: Python



    from arm_test_data import DATASETS
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    import act

    filename_visst = DATASETS.fetch('twpvisstgridirtemp.c1.20050705.002500.nc')
    my_ds = act.io.arm.read_arm_netcdf(filename_visst)

    # Cross section display requires that the variable being plotted be reduced to two
    # Dimensions whose coordinates can be specified by variables in the file
    display = act.plotting.XSectionDisplay(my_ds, figsize=(20, 8), subplot_shape=(2, 2))
    display.plot_xsection_map(
        'ir_temperature',
        None,
        x='longitude',
        y='latitude',
        cmap='Greys',
        vmin=200,
        vmax=320,
        subplot_index=(0, 0),
    )
    display.plot_xsection_map(
        'ir_temperature',
        None,
        x='longitude',
        y='latitude',
        cmap='Greys',
        vmin=200,
        vmax=320,
        subplot_index=(1, 0),
    )
    display.plot_xsection_map(
        'ir_temperature',
        None,
        x='longitude',
        y='latitude',
        cmap='Greys',
        vmin=200,
        vmax=320,
        subplot_index=(0, 1),
    )
    display.plot_xsection_map(
        'ir_temperature',
        None,
        x='longitude',
        y='latitude',
        cmap='Greys',
        vmin=200,
        vmax=320,
        subplot_index=(1, 1),
    )

    plt.show()
    my_ds.close()


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   **Total running time of the script:** (0 minutes 1.442 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_source_auto_examples_plotting_plot_xsection.py:

.. only:: html

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    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_xsection.ipynb <plot_xsection.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: plot_xsection.py <plot_xsection.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: plot_xsection.zip <plot_xsection.zip>`


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