为什么使用定制的颜色条在pcolormesh和轮廓线图之间显示颜色条的差异

时间:2019-01-09 16:31:46

标签: python matplotlib plot python-xarray

我已按照离散间隔颜色栏example改编自NCL的自定义色阶。我的数据数组位于NetCDF文件中,当我尝试对其进行绘制时,该图和颜色栏看起来像pcolormesh图所期望的那样,但是当我绘制contourf图时,它变得很疯狂。 定义色阶时我做错什么了吗?

import matplotlib.colors
import xarray as xr

# loading data

ds = xr.open_dataset(path/tofile/data.nc)


## custom color bar
## converting RGB values to 0,1
cmap3 =  matplotlib.colors.ListedColormap([(127/255, 150/255, 255/255), (142/255, 178/255, 255/255), (181/255, 201/255, 255/255), (214/255, 226/255, 237/255),\
(242/255, 221/255, 160/255), (242/255, 132/255, 68/255), (229/255, 0/255, 0/255), (1, 163/255, 10/255), (1, 249/255, 20/255), (172/255, 206/255, 100/255), (125/255, 190/255, 84/255)])

# I want to discretize the colorbar according to values
vals = [-1.0, 0.0, 0.2 ,0.5, 0.8, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 4.0 , 6.0 , 8.0,  10]
norm = matplotlib.colors.BoundaryNorm(vals, cmap3.N)

# variable to be plotted
ds.PV.squeeze().plot.pcolormesh(cmap=cmap3, norm=norm, vmin=0, vmax=10)
# contourf plot which is giving unexpected result
ds.PV.squeeze().plot.contourf(cmap=cmap3, norm=norm, vmin=0, vmax=10)

带有Pcolormesh图的预期色标:

Pcolormesh plot with the right colorscale

在绘制等高线图时出现错误的色标: Wrong color scale

下面是带有默认色标的等高线图 Contourf with default colorscale

这是我的正确颜色条的外观:

fig, ax =plt.subplots(figsize=(6,1))

cb3 = matplotlib.colorbar.ColorbarBase(ax, cmap=cmap3,
                            norm=norm,
                            extend='neither',
                            ticks=vals,
                            spacing='uniform',
                            orientation='horizontal')    

correct colorbar

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:1)

@ImportanceofBeingErnest this详细的答案有所帮助。在contourf中,必须特别指定需要绘制轮廓的级别,而pcolormesh似乎是根据颜色条自动选择的。

ds.PV.squeeze().plot.contourf(cmap=cmap3, norm=norm,levels=vals)

Correct plot