M A T R I C E S

ť How to use cell arrays ({ })?
ť Do I need to initialize matricies?
ť How to initialize an array with a constant?
ť How to store HUGE matrices?
^new! Can the ':'-character be used for indexing?

G R A P H I C S

ť How to format a graph for inclusion in documents?
^new! How to make a plot insert?
ť How to create a "master title" at the top of a figure with several subplots?
ť How to create a narrow colorbar?
ť Special (greek, math, subscripts etc.) symbols in labels?
ť How to change tickmarks and their labels?
ť Special formatting of tickmarks?
ť How to create a multi-line title?
ť How Can I Use Multiple Colormaps in a Single Figure?
ť How to plot a line with varying color?

O C E A N O G R A P H Y
& D A T A A N A L Y S I S

ť How to convert Earth coordinates to distances ?
ť How to draw a map in Equidistant cylindrical (or some other) projection?
ť How to calculate seawater properties?
ť How to ignore NaN's in my data? EOFs with missing data?
ť How to calculate Conditional PDF?
ť How to bin a dataset efficiently?
ť Where to look for more oceanographic tools?
^new! How to compute a streamfunction?

M I S C E L L A N E O U S

ť Do I need parenthesis in function calls (why "grid on" works)?
ť What takes so long in my code?
ť How to input data using the mouse?
ť How to implement network(TCP/IP) funcionality?

L I N K S

ť Useful links

S E A R C H

S O L U T I O N W A N T E D

a good contour function in polar coordinates? ( Eric Terrill, et@mpl.ucsd.edu)

Coming up...

MPEG movies
3^D plots
Matrix replication
What else do you want?

If you have questions, new tricks, or comments, please mail them to me ashcherbina@ucsd.edu

© A.Shcherbina, 2000-2003.