Plot

The [plot] section of a configuration file contains options that define default properties for all plots produce by MPAS-Analysis:

[plot]
## options related to plotting that are the defaults across all analysis
## modules

# set to true if you want plots to be displayed (one by one) to the screen in
# addition to being written out to png files
# Note: displayToScreen = True seems to hang on Edison on large data sets,
# so suggested use is just for debugging either locally or with small data sets
displayToScreen = False

# font size on axes
axisFontSize = 16
# title font properties
titleFontSize = 20
titleFontColor = black
titleFontWeight = normal

# the dots per inch of output figures
dpi = 200

The option displayToScreen = True was used in the early stages of development for debugging and has not been tested recently (meaning it likely no longer works). In theory, this would allow all plot to be displayed to the screen. This functionality almost certainly does not work when running with parallel tasks (see Execute).

The options for title fint size, color and weight as well as axis font size specify properties of these parts of each plot. Sizes are given in points.

The value of dpi specifies the resolution of the images written out by MPAS-Analysis (in dots per inch). The default produces large images that are appropriate for zooming in substantially and may be sufficient for publication. They are large (but not entirely unmanageable) for the web.