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Re: PLOT procedure (was: Julian Day Numbers)

Subject: Re: PLOT procedure (was: Julian Day Numbers)
From: Paul van Delst <pvandelst(at)ncep.noaa.gov>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 12:16:26 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
Organization: CIMSS @ NOAA/NCEP
References: <3A1145DA.605789C4@tidewater.net> <8ve790$gk6$1@usenet.bham.ac.uk>
Xref: news.doit.wisc.edu comp.lang.idl-pvwave:22291

James Tappin wrote:
> 
> One real gotcha with Julian day numbers is if you try to use them for a
> time axis on a plot.
> 
> It works fine for long time axes, but if you try looking at high-resolution
> data things look really messy.
> 
> The problem is that PLOT converts to single-precision before converting
> coordinates to data

<snip>

Not any more.


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References:
- Julian Day Numbers
  - From: Ben Tupper
- PLOT procedure (was: Julian Day Numbers)
  - From: James Tappin

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