.. DO NOT EDIT.
.. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY.
.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "generated/gallery/general/plot_polar_stereo.py"
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.. only:: html

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

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

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

.. _sphx_glr_generated_gallery_general_plot_polar_stereo.py:


Example of a Polar Stereographic Plot
=====================================

Demonstrates plotting data that are defined on a polar stereographic
projection.

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 9-29



.. image-sg:: /generated/gallery/general/images/sphx_glr_plot_polar_stereo_001.png
   :alt: Toa brightness temperature
   :srcset: /generated/gallery/general/images/sphx_glr_plot_polar_stereo_001.png
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: Python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

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


    def main():
        file_path = iris.sample_data_path("toa_brightness_stereographic.nc")
        cube = iris.load_cube(file_path)
        qplt.contourf(cube)
        ax = plt.gca()
        ax.coastlines()
        ax.gridlines()
        iplt.show()


    if __name__ == "__main__":
        main()


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   **Total running time of the script:** (0 minutes 1.613 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_generated_gallery_general_plot_polar_stereo.py:

.. only:: html

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

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

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

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

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


.. only:: html

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

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