; ; This example code illustrates how to access and visualize NSIDC SMAP ; L4 HDF5 file in NCL. ; ; If you have any questions, suggestions, comments on this example, please ; use the HDF-EOS Forum (http://hdfeos.org/forums). ; ; If you would like to see an example of any other NASA HDF/HDF-EOS data ; product that is not listed in the HDF-EOS Comprehensive Examples page ; (http://hdfeos.org/zoo), feel free to contact us at eoshelp@hdfgroup.org or ; post it at the HDF-EOS Forum (http://hdfeos.org/forums). ; Usage:save this script and run ; ; $ncl SMAP_L4_SM_gph_20200915T193000_Vv5014_001.h5.ncl ; ; Tested under: NCL 6.6.2 ; Last updated: 2020-09-18 begin file_name = "SMAP_L4_SM_gph_20200915T193000_Vv5014_001.h5" ; Read file as an HDF5 file. h5_file = addfile(file_name, "r") ; print(h5_file) data_raw = h5_file->sm_profile data = where(data_raw.gt.data_raw@valid_min .and. data_raw.lt.data_raw@valid_max, data_raw, data_raw@_FillValue) data@lat2d = h5_file->cell_lat data@lon2d = h5_file->cell_lon data@long_name = data_raw@long_name data@units = data_raw@units wks = gsn_open_wks("png", file_name+".ncl") ; open workstation res=True res@gsnMaximize=True ;make plot large res@gsnPaperOrientation = "landscape" ;force portrait orientation res@gsnSpreadColors=True ; use the entire color spectrum res@cnFillOn=True ;enable contour fill res@cnLinesOn=False ;turn off contour line res@cnLineLabelsOn = False ;turn off contour line labels res@cnFillMode="RasterFill" ;faster res@lbLabelAutoStride= True res@lbOrientation="vertical" ;vertical labels res@trGridType = "TriangularMesh" res@tiMainString = file_name res@gsnLeftStringFontHeightF = 12 ; make font smaller res@gsnRightStringFontHeightF = 12 ; make font smaller plot=gsn_csm_contour_map(wks,data,res) end