Filled contoursΒΆ
An example of contourf on manufactured data.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import cartopy.crs as ccrs
def sample_data(shape=(73, 145)):
"""Return ``lons``, ``lats`` and ``data`` of some fake data."""
nlats, nlons = shape
lats = np.linspace(-np.pi / 2, np.pi / 2, nlats)
lons = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, nlons)
lons, lats = np.meshgrid(lons, lats)
wave = 0.75 * (np.sin(2 * lats) ** 8) * np.cos(4 * lons)
mean = 0.5 * np.cos(2 * lats) * ((np.sin(2 * lats)) ** 2 + 2)
lats = np.rad2deg(lats)
lons = np.rad2deg(lons)
data = wave + mean
return lons, lats, data
def main():
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 5))
ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.Mollweide())
lons, lats, data = sample_data()
ax.contourf(lons, lats, data,
transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(),
cmap='nipy_spectral')
ax.coastlines()
ax.set_global()
plt.show()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 1.453 seconds)