GrADS Comands

• action
• query
• set
• misc

GrADS Action Commands

open fname

display expr

clear opt

events

graphics

hbuff

norset

quit

print

help

reinit

reset opt

events

graphics

hbuff

norset

run fname.gs

execute a GrADS script

exec fname.gex

executea a GrADS exec file. An exec is simple a sequence of GrADS commands.

GrADS Query Commands

query

define

defval

dims

file

files

fwrite

gr2w

gr2xy

gxinfo

ll2xy

pos

pp2xy

shades

string

time

udft

w2gr

w2xy

xy2gr

xy2w

Primitive Graphics and Plot Label Commands

draw opt (opt1, opt2, ... , optn)

button

line

map

mark

polyf

rec

recf

string

text

title

wxsym

xlab

ylab

Data Processing Commands

collect

define

GrADS GUI Elements

Options using the set to control Graphics

set

ANNOT

color thickness

ARRLAB

OFF

ON

ARROWHEAD

size

ARRSCL

ize magnitude

BACKGROUND

color

BARBASE

BOTTOM

TOP

value

BARGAP

value

BAROPTS

OUTLINE

FILLED

BLACK

OFF

min max

BUTTON

fc bc oc oc2 tfc tbc toc toc2 thickness

CCOLOR

RAINBOW

REVRAIN

color

CCOLS

color color ....

CINT

value

CLAB

ON

OFF

FORCED

AUTO

sub-string

CLEVS

level level ....

CLIP

xlo xhi ylo yhi

CLOPTS

color thickness size

CLSKIP

value

CMARK

mark

CMAX

value

CMIN

value

CSMOOTH

ON

OFF

LINEAR

CSTYLE

style

CTERP

ON

OFF

CTHICK

thickness

DBUFF

ON

OFF

DEFVAL

name i j value

DFILE

num

DIGNUM

num

DIGSIZ

size

DISPLAY

COLOR WHITE|BLACK

GREY WHITE|BLACK

FGVALS

value color value color .....

FONT

num

FRAME

ON

OFF

CIRCLE

FWRITE

filename

GRADS

ON

OFF

GRID

ON style color

OFF

HORIZONTAL

VERTICAL

GXOUT

bar

barb

errbar

fgrid

findstn

fwrite

grfill

grid

line

linefill

model

pgrid

scatter

shaded

stat

stream

tserbarb

tserwx

value

vector

wxsym

IMPRUN

script-name

LAT

value value

LEAP

ON

OFF

LEV

value value

LFCOLS

color color

LINE

olor style thickness

LON

value value

LOOPDIM

dim

LOOPINCR

value

LOOPING

ON

OFF

MAP

AUTO

color style thickness

MDLOPTS

DIG3

NODIG3

MISSCONN

ON

OFF

MISSWARN

ON|OFF fid

MPDRAW

ON

OFF

MPDSET

LORES

MRES

HIRES

MPROJ

OFF

SCALED

LATLON

NPS

SPS

ROBINSON

MPVALS

OFF

values

PAREA

OFF

xlo xhi ylo yhi

POLI

ON

OFF

RBAND

num BOX|LINE xlo ylo xhi yhi

RBCOLS

auto

color-list

RBRANGE

value value

RGB

num red green blue

STID

ON

OFF

STRING

color just thickness angle

STRMDEN

num

STRSIZ

hsize vsiz

T

value value

TIME

value value

VPAGE

xlo xhi ylo yhi

VRANGE

low hi

VRANGE2

low hi

WXCOLS

colors

X

value value

XAXIS

min max incr

XFLIP

ON

OFF

XLAB

ON

OFF

label

XLEVS

list

XLINT

incr

XLOPTS

color thickness size

XLPOS

offset side

XSIZE

xsiz ysiz

XYREV

ON

OFF

Y

value value

YAXIS

min max incr

YFLIP

ON

OFF

YLAB

ON

OFF

label

YLEVS

lev-list

YLINT

incr

YLOPTS

color thickness size

YLPOS

offset side

Z

value

ZLOG

ON

OFF

swap

undefine

Other Options

disable

define

disable

enable print

help

modify seasonal

diurnal

redraw button