How to plot contour lines on top of animation

[holivarez19]

Hello! I have successfully made animations (thank you!) but now am interested in making the animations look like the still figures I create. At the very least, how can I plot contour lines on top of the animations? See below for how I plot a still figure with contours for the top 300m of the ocean. Below the script is the resulting figure (top 300m and 300-6000m). Thank you!

fig,axs = plt.subplots(1,1,figsize=(15,2))

i = plt.pcolor(TLAT_A16, da.z_t, sDIC_NP_A16_plot.sel(time=slice(date1_1,date2_1)).mean('time'), cmap='plasma', vmin=1950, vmax=2450)

j = plt.contour(TLAT_A16, da.z_t, NP_pd_A16.sel(time=slice(date1_1,date2_1)).mean('time'), levels, colors='w', linewidth=2)
plt.clabel(j, fmt='%2.1f', colors='w', fontsize=28)

plt.title('')
plt.xlabel('')
plt.ylabel('')
plt.ylim(300,0) # reverse y-axis
plt.gca().invert_xaxis() # reverse x-axis for Atlantic
plt.tick_params(labelsize=15, length=15, direction='out', tick1On=True, labelbottom=True, labelleft=False)
plt.tick_params(axis='y', left=False)
cb = plt.colorbar()
cb.remove();

[jbusecke]

Hey @holivarez, sorry for the late reply. And thanks for using the package.

I think you are very close to what you want. Generally all you have to do is to wrap your plot into a function with the following signature:

func(ds, fig, tt, *args, **kwargs)

where ds is a dataset or dataarray, fig is a matplotlib.Figure, and tt is a logical timestep.

Similar to this example.

Let me know if this helps

[holivarez19]

Hello and thank you for your reply. I am afraid I am not skilled enough to define the custom_plotfunc in a way that works for my project. I will look for someone to help walk me through this. The example is helpful and I am sure someone will be able to assist me using it. Thanks again for your time and attention. Take care, Holly Holly Olivarez (she/her) NSF Graduate Research Fellow Department of Environmental Studies Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) University of Colorado Boulder instaar.colorado.edu/people/holly-olivarez<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Finstaar.colorado.edu%2Fpeople%2Fholly-olivarez%2F&data=01%7C01%7Ciceleste%40nmsu.edu%7Cc334f0e0680b495e4f3008d73c744f33%7Ca3ec87a89fb84158ba8ff11bace1ebaa%7C1&sdata=al3Yq0xvgDxlnaLBASzEYJ7QC%2BwYaxTJ5FmIASPR3q0%3D&reserved=0> @holivarez19 From: Julius Busecke ***@***.***> Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 at 4:26 PM To: jbusecke/xmovie ***@***.***> Cc: Holly Olivarez ***@***.***>, Mention ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [jbusecke/xmovie] How to plot contour lines on top of animation (Issue #114) Hey @holivarez<https://github.com/holivarez>, sorry for the late reply. And thanks for using the package. I think you are very close to what you want. Generally all you have to do is to wrap your plot into a function with the following signature: func(ds, fig, tt, *args, **kwargs) where ds is a dataset or dataarray, fig is a matplotlib.Figure, and tt is a logical timestep. Similar to this example<https://xmovie.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples/quickstart.html>. Let me know if this helps — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#114 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AJOLXOVUWJICQH46EP5VDTTV47AI7ANCNFSM6AAAAAAQBVNIOU>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[jbusecke]

If you have a fully reproducible example (e.g. a notebook with synthetic data that I can execute on my end), Id be happy to check it out and maybe have a quick zoom call if that helps.

[holivarez19]

Thank you for your gracious offer! I’ve set up an example notebook with accompanying netcdf files in Google Colab here: https://colab.research.google.com/drive/18u80C8f4KBEnW4cr5cwG79KJaUGrU9zO?usp=sharing As I am also new to Google Colab, I’ve also placed a notebook and accompanying netcdf files into my Dropbox account and you may access them here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/zujivkr7eaowyds9jx6v6/h?dl=0&rlkey=3tnyfybd4uqhecvmwrro2rbhf Please let me know if you encounter any issues. I welcome a quick Zoom call if it is easier on your time. Thank you for spending time on this. Thanks again, Julius! Holly

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-- Holly Olivarez (she/her) NSF Graduate Research Fellow Department of Environmental Studies Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) University of Colorado Boulder instaar.colorado.edu/people/holly-olivarez<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Finstaar.colorado.edu%2Fpeople%2Fholly-olivarez%2F&data=01%7C01%7Ciceleste%40nmsu.edu%7Cc334f0e0680b495e4f3008d73c744f33%7Ca3ec87a89fb84158ba8ff11bace1ebaa%7C1&sdata=al3Yq0xvgDxlnaLBASzEYJ7QC%2BwYaxTJ5FmIASPR3q0%3D&reserved=0> @holivarez19 From: Julius Busecke ***@***.***> Date: Monday, September 26, 2022 at 6:57 AM To: jbusecke/xmovie ***@***.***> Cc: Holly Olivarez ***@***.***>, Mention ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [jbusecke/xmovie] How to plot contour lines on top of animation (Issue #114) If you have a fully reproducible example (e.g. a notebook with synthetic data that I can execute on my end), Id be happy to check it out and maybe have a quick zoom call if that helps. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#114 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AJOLXOUVYCQMLQJ5HFQQAILWAGMUNANCNFSM6AAAAAAQBVNIOU>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>