Just a note to myself on plotting data over Australia using NCL with only the coastal lines for Australia shown, using the low-res map:
; Plot data only over Australia (including Tasmania) using the default
; low-res database. Based on maponly_8.ncl from the NCL website.
;
; Carlo Hamalainen 2012-06-13
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
begin
wks = gsn_open_wks("png","maponly")
res = True
res@mpOutlineOn = True
res@mpFillOn = False
res@mpOutlineBoundarySets = "NoBoundaries"
res@mpDataBaseVersion = "LowRes"
res@mpMinLatF = -60
res@mpMaxLatF = 0
res@mpMinLonF = 100
res@mpMaxLonF = 165
res@mpOutlineSpecifiers = (/"Australia", "Australia-Tasmania"/)
plot = gsn_csm_map_ce(wks,res)
end
Output: