trajan.animation.Animation.overlay_variable#

animation.Animation.overlay_variable(data, cmap='viridis', alpha=0.5, vmin=None, vmax=None, label=None)#

Overlay an animated gridded variable as a background field.

Parameters:

  • data (xarray.DataArray) – Must have a time dimension and lat/lon (or latitude/longitude) coordinates.

  • cmap (str or Colormap, optional)

  • alpha (float, optional)

  • vmin, vmax (float, optional)

  • label (str, optional) – Colorbar label.

Returns:

self