.. DO NOT EDIT.
.. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY.
.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "generated/gallery/general/plot_global_map.py"
.. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW.

.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_generated_gallery_general_plot_global_map.py>`
        to download the full example code

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_generated_gallery_general_plot_global_map.py:


Quickplot of a 2D Cube on a Map
===============================

This example demonstrates a contour plot of global air temperature. The plot
title and the labels for the axes are automatically derived from the metadata.

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 9-38



.. image-sg:: /generated/gallery/general/images/sphx_glr_plot_global_map_001.png
   :alt: Air temperature, Air temperature
   :srcset: /generated/gallery/general/images/sphx_glr_plot_global_map_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: Python


    import cartopy.crs as ccrs
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    import iris
    import iris.plot as iplt
    import iris.quickplot as qplt


    def main():
        fname = iris.sample_data_path("air_temp.pp")
        temperature = iris.load_cube(fname)

        # Plot #1: contourf with axes longitude from -180 to 180
        plt.figure(figsize=(12, 5))
        plt.subplot(121)
        qplt.contourf(temperature, 15)
        plt.gca().coastlines()

        # Plot #2: contourf with axes longitude from 0 to 360
        proj = ccrs.PlateCarree(central_longitude=-180.0)
        plt.subplot(122, projection=proj)
        qplt.contourf(temperature, 15)
        plt.gca().coastlines()
        iplt.show()


    if __name__ == "__main__":
        main()


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing

   **Total running time of the script:** (0 minutes 1.292 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_generated_gallery_general_plot_global_map.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_global_map.ipynb <plot_global_map.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: plot_global_map.py <plot_global_map.py>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_