NAME

       CONREC - draws a two dimensional contour map from data stored in a rectangular array.  The
       contour lines are labeled.

UTILITY

       This routine is part of the conrec utility in NCAR Graphics. To see the overview man page
       for this utility, type "man conrec_family".

STATUS

       CONREC is obsolete.  It has been superseded by the contouring package, Conpack.  See the
       Conpack entry CPCNRC for a simple CONREC replacement.  For more complex examples refer to
       the conpack and conpack_params man pages as well as the NCAR Graphics Contouring and
       Mapping Tutorial.

       CONREC continues to be provided for compatibility of early NCAR Graphics codes.  If you
       are writing new code, we suggest that you use the more general and rigorous Conpack
       contouring package.  All CONREC options can be duplicated by the proper selection of
       Conpack parameters.

SYNOPSIS

       CALL CONREC(Z,L,M,N,FLO,HI,FINC,NSET,NHI,NDOT) - draws a contour map using options
       specified as input arguments.

DESCRIPTION

       Z           (an input array of type REAL) defining a two-dimensional field to be
                   contoured.  A subset of Z of extent M by N can be contoured.

       L           (an input parameter of type INTEGER) which is the first dimension of the Z
                   array.

       M           (an input parameter of type INTEGER) which is the extent of the first
                   dimension of array Z to be contoured.  This allows for a sub-array of Z to be
                   contoured.  M must be less than or equal to L.

       N           (an input parameter of type INTEGER) which is the extent of the second
                   dimension of array Z to be contoured.  This allows for a sub-array of Z to be
                   contoured.  N must be less than or equal to the second dimension of Z.

       FLO         (an input parameter of type REAL) defining a lowest level for contouring.  If
                   FLO = HI = 0., a value rounded up from the minimum value of Z will be
                   generated by CONREC.

       HI          (an input parameter of type REAL) defining a highest level for contouring.  If
                   HI = FLO = 0., a value rounded down from the maximum value of Z will be
                   generated by CONREC.

       FINC        (an input parameter of type REAL) which defines how the contour levels are to
                   be selected.

                   > 0., use this value for the increment between contour levels.  There will be
                   (HI-FLO)/FINC contour lines generated.

                   = 0., causes CONREC to generate a value which will result in between 10 and 30
                   contours.

                   < 0., the number of contour levels is the integer absolute value of this
                   number (FINC.)

       NSET        (an input parameter of type INTEGER) which controls plot scaling according to:

                   = 0, CONREC automatically sets the window and viewport sizes.  The viewport
                   becomes by default .05 to .95 in the larger dimension (M or N), and .05 to a
                   proportionately smaller number in the smaller dimension.  The window becomes
                   1. to FLOAT(M) in X, and 1. to FLOAT(N) in Y.  The PERIM entry of the Gridall
                   utility is called to generate a plot boundary with tick marks placed at the
                   data grid points.

                   > 0, CONREC assumes the window and viewport have been set by the user.  No
                   plot boundary is drawn.

                   < 0, CONREC uses the existing viewport and sets the window to 1. to FLOAT(M)
                   in X, and 1. to FLOAT(N) in Y.  No plot boundary is drawn.

       NHI         (an input parameter of type INTEGER) which controls the printing of extra
                   information on the plot.

                   = 0, Symbols H and L are written where highs and lows occur and the value of
                   the high or low is written under the symbol.

                   > 0, The Z data values are printed, centered at each grid point.

                   < 0, Neither of the above is done.

       NDOT        (an input parameter of type INTEGER) which specifies the line patterns to be
                   used in drawing the contours.  Only the last 10 binary bits of NDOT are used
                   in creating a binary pattern is which 0's are no-line and 1's are line
                   segments. If the absolute value of NDOT is 0, 1, or 1023 a solid line is
                   drawn.  1023 in decimal converts to 1777 octal, or 1111111111 in binary.

                   > 0, The NDOT pattern is used to draw all contours.

                   < 0, The absolute value of NDOT is used for negative-valued contours and solid
                   lines are drawn for positive contours.

EXAMPLES

       Use the ncargex command to see the relevant examples tconre, tcnqck, tcnsmt, and tcnsup.

ACCESS

       CONREC can be invoked in four different ways to create contour plots which vary
       considerably in appearance.  The four variations include quick, normal, smooth, and super
       contour lines.  This progression represents a tradeoff between speed of computation and
       the appearance of the contour plots.  These variations are specified through selected
       command line options of the ncargf77 command.

       To use CONREC, load the NCAR Graphics libraries ncarg, ncarg_gks, and ncarg_c, preferably
       in that order.  Other optional libraries to create the quick, smooth, and super contours
       will automatically be linked by the ncargf77 command.  To run a code called mycode.f which
       has one or more calls to entry CONREC, issue one of the commands:

       NORMAL    Command:  "ncargf77 mycode.f"

                 The contours will be drawn as unsmoothed dashed or solid lines that can include
                 characters along the lines.

       QUICK     Command:  "ncargf77 -quick mycode.f"

                 The contours will be drawn as unsmoothed dashed or solid lines without
                 characters along the lines.  The QUICK drawing algorithm is faster and cruder
                 than that used for NORMAL contour lines.  QUICK uses a cell-by-cell analysis
                 rather than following each contour line to completion in sequence as is done in
                 the NORMAL algorithm.

       SMOOTH    Command:  "ncargf77 -smooth mycode.f"

                 The contours will be drawn as smoothed dashed or solid lines using splines under
                 tension.  There may be characters along the lines.

       SUPER     Command:  "ncargf77 -super mycode.f"

                 The contours will be drawn as smoothed dashed or solid lines using splines under
                 tension.  There may be characters along the lines.  Crowded lines can be
                 thinned.

MESSAGES

       When error conditions are detected, the support routine SETER is called in such a way that
       it writes a message to the standard error file (as defined by I1MACH(4)) and then
       terminates execution. The possible error messages are as follows:

       CONREC  - DIMENSION ERROR - M*N .GT. (2**IARTH)
       The array to be contoured is dimensioned M by N.  This is larger than the address space on
       this computer (2**IARTH) where IARTH is the size of an address integer.  Check your
       dimension sizes.

SEE ALSO

       Online: ezcntr, conrec_family_params, conrec_family, conpack, conpack_params, cpcnrc,
       gridall, dashline_family, ncargf77

       Hardcopy: NCAR Graphics Contouring and Mapping Tutorial; NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX
       Version; User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics

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