mpas_analysis.shared.plot.plotting.plot_xtick_format

mpas_analysis.shared.plot.plotting.plot_xtick_format(calendar, minDays, maxDays, maxXTicks, yearStride=None)[source]

Formats tick labels and positions along the x-axis for time series / index plots

Parameters:
calendar : str

the calendar to use for formatting the time axis

minDays : float

start time for labels

maxDays : float

end time for labels

maxXTicks : int

the maximum number of tick marks to display, used to sub-sample ticks if there are too many

yearStride : int, optional

the number of years to skip over between ticks