Documentation of gcont

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Function Synopsis

[h, c]=gcont(var, clev1, zero);

Help text

  function [h, c]=gcont(var, clev)

  This function contours the variable 'var' over
  the global grid, with contour interval specified 
  by clev, and axis limits [0 360 -90 90]
  unless otherwise specified.

Cross-Reference Information

Listing of function gcont

function [h, c]=gcont(var, clev1, zero);

var = squeeze(var);
global XAX YAX FRAME

% set axis parameters:
if nargin < 2; 
  error('clev needs to be input');
end;
if nargin < 3; zero = 0; end;

if isscalar(clev1);
  clev = sort([-clev1:-clev1:min(min(var)) clev1:clev1:max(max(var))]);
  if zero; clev = sort([clev 0]); end
else
  clev = clev1;
end

if isscalar(clev);
  clev = [-clev1 clev1];
end

if FRAME(1) > FRAME(2);
  FRAME2 = [FRAME(1) FRAME(2)+360 FRAME(3:4)];
  temx = [XAX(find(XAX > FRAME(1))); XAX(find(XAX < FRAME(2)))+360];
else
  FRAME2 = FRAME;
  temx = XAX;
end

[xk, yk] = keep_var2(FRAME2, temx, YAX);

% Get the variable in the frame you want it in

if (FRAME(2)-FRAME(1))==360.; 
  if size(temx, 2) == 1;
    XAX2 = [temx; temx(1)+360.]; 
  else
    XAX2 = [temx temx(1)+360.];
  end
  YAX2 = YAX(yk);
  var = [var(yk,:) var(yk,1)];
else
  XAX2 = temx(xk);
  YAX2 = YAX(yk);
  var = var(yk, xk);
end;

% Contour the data

[h, c] = pncont(XAX2, YAX2, var, clev, 0, ['k']);

axis(FRAME2)