DKRZ NCL daily climatology

Example script:

;--------------------------------------------------------------------
; DKRZ NCL example: compute_daily_climatology_and_draw_timeseries.ncl
;
; Description:  compute the daily climatology; raw and smooth
;--------------------------------------------------------------------
begin

 f    = addfile("tas_day_MPI-ESM-LR_rcp45_r1i1p1_20060101-20091231.nc","r")
 time = f->time ;-- get time values

 ymdStrt = 20060101 ;-- start yyyymmdd
 ymdLast = 20061231 ;-- last
 yrStrt  = ymdStrt/10000
 yrLast  = ymdLast/10000

 ymd = cd_calendar(time, -2)   ;-- yyyymmdd
 iStrt = ind(ymd .eq. ymdStrt) ;-- index start
 iLast = ind(ymd .eq. ymdLast) ;-- index last
 delete([/time,ymd/])

 time = f->time(iStrt:iLast)   ;-- time:units = "hours since"
 TIME = cd_calendar(time, 0)   ;-- type float
 year = toint(TIME(:,0))
 month = toint(TIME(:,1))
 day = toint(TIME(:,2))
 ddd = day_of_year(year, month, day)
 yyyyddd = year*1000 + ddd  ;-- needed for input

 tas = f->tas(iStrt:iLast,:,:)  ;-- read variable within time range

;-- compute daily climatology
 tasClmDay = clmDayTLL(tas, yyyyddd)        ;-- daily climatology at each grid point
 tasClmDay_sm = smthClmDayTLL(tasClmDay,4)  ;-- daily climatology - smoothed

;-- set lat/lon where to compute the climatology
 lat = 60
 lon = 270

;-- create data array containing both climatologies
 data = new ( (/2,366/), typeof(tasClmDay), getFillValue(tasClmDay))
 data(0,:) = tasClmDay(:,{lat},{lon})
 data(1,:) = tasClmDay_sm(:,{lat},{lon})

;-- create x-axis values
 x = ispan(0,365,1)
 x@units = "days"

;-- convert a mixed Julian/Gregorian date to a UT-referenced date
 utc_date = cd_calendar(time, 0)
 year = toint(utc_date(:,0))
 month = toint(utc_date(:,1))
 day = toint(utc_date(:,2))
 date_str = sprinti("%0.4i-",year)+sprinti("%0.2i-",month)+sprinti("%0.2i",day)

;-- open workstation
 wks_type = "png"
 wks_type@wkWidth = 1200
 wks_type@wkHeight = 1200
 wks = gsn_open_wks(wks_type,"plot_daily_climatology")  ;-- open a workstation

;-- set resources
 res = True
 res@vpHeightF = 0.5    ;-- viewport height
 res@vpWidthF = 0.8     ;-- viewport width
 res@vpXF = 0.12        ;-- viewport x-position

 res@trXMinF = min(x)   ;-- x-axis min value
 res@trXMaxF = max(x)   ;-- x-axis max value
 res@trYMinF = 240.0    ;-- y-axis min value
 res@trYMaxF = 290.0    ;-- y-axis max value

 res@tmXBMode = "Manual"               ;-- don't use default settings for tick marks
 res@tmXBTickSpacingF = 30             ;-- x major tick mark spacing
 res@tmXBMinorPerMajor = 2             ;-- set number of minor tick marks
 res@tmXBLabelDeltaF = 0.15            ;-- move x-axis labels down
 res@tmXBLabelFontHeightF = 0.012      ;-- decrease x-axis label font size

 res@tiMainString = "DKRZ NCL Example: Daily Climatology" ;-- title string
 res@tiXAxisString = x@units           ;-- x-axis string
 res@tiXAxisFontHeightF = 0.012        ;-- x-axis label font size
 res@tiYAxisFontHeightF = 0.012        ;-- y-axis label font size

 res@xyLineThicknesses = (/1.0, 2.0/)  ;-- make 2nd lines thicker
 res@xyLineColors = (/"blue","red"/)   ;-- change line color
 res@xyMonoDashPattern = True          ;-- all solid
 res@xyMarkLineModes = "Lines"         ;-- line mode

;-- create the plot
 plot = gsn_csm_y(wks,data,res)

end

Result: